service medal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of service medal
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Consider: Recently the US government sent me a civilian service medal as commendation for the work I did in Antarctica.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
Other items in the police and military-themed sale at Bloomfield Auctions include a service medal from the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin complete with its original box.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021
In June 1994, while the slaughter in Rwanda was still underway, Museveni travelled to Minneapolis, where he received a Hubert H Humphrey public service medal and honorary doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2017
Afterward, one of the vets gives Fogerty his service medal.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2015
But this workman from the Mill, he comes back a captain with a distinguished service medal?
From Helen of the Old House by Wright, Harold Bell
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