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
She spotted the letters, jewelry and a service medal.
From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2022
By the time of the first landing on the moon, Tecwyn was chief of the network engineering division and awarded the exceptional service medal by Nasa.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2019
He was greeted at Cape Canaveral by President John F Kennedy, who gave him the distinguished service medal, and 4 million people turned out for his tickertape welcome to New York.
From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2016
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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