Union Army Discontinued Awards and Commendations

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This page contains a listing of all discontinued Union Army Awards.
These awards are no longer issued but may still be displayed by officers or units that received them.

Individual awards can be downloaded by going to the display pages and right clicking over the original and saving to your pc.
The list below displays the Large Size awards whose ribbons are 104x35 pixels.

 

Commendations
	Union Army Good Conduct Medal awarded at the discretion of the Army Commander to those officers who display exemplary conduct in their role as an officer of the Union Army.   5 OBD
	Bureau of Military Information Sharpe Medal awarded by the Union Army War College to those officers who have contributed significantly to gathering intelligence on the enemy.   Additional awards with honors as noted below.
	Sharpe Medal with Oak Leaves   Sharpe Medal with Eagle & Oak Leaves   Sharpe Medal with Eagle & Oak Leaves in Gold   Sharpe Medal with Swords, Eagle & Oak Leaves

 

Additional Awards
	Army Combat Medallion awarded by the CoA to the army with the best combat record for the previous quarter.
Brass Breastplate for display on army site for one award.        Silver Breastplate for display on army site for five awards.         Gold Breastplate for display on army site for ten awards.
	Army Muster Medallion awarded by the CoA to the army with the best muster percentage for the previous quarter.
Brass Breastplate for display on army site for one award.        Silver Breastplate for display on army site for five awards.         Gold Breastplate for display on army site for ten awards.
	War College Prize Ribbon Awarded by Union War College for best article submission.
	Purple Heart Ribbon An old award given to officers suffering 3 Major Defeats in a row.

 

Union Command Staff Service Awards

 

Union Army Service Awards

 

HPS/JTS Campaign Awards

 

AGEOD ACW Awards

 

AGEOD ACW II Awards

 

Forge of Freedom ACW Awards

 

War Between the States Awards

 

Battleground Ribbons

 

HPS/JTS Ribbons

 

 

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Original page designed by D. S. Walter.
Current design by Ken Miller with assistance from Larry 'Notso' Quick.
Graphics by Rob Love, Ken Miller and others.
Awards and ribbons depicted here are based on designs by Rob Love, Dierk Walter, Ken Miller, Joseph Meyer & others.
Current Union award designs were produced by Joseph Meyer.
Maintained by Ken Miller

This page last updated June 10, 2020

 

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