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Army Wound Ribbon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words) |
 | The Army Wound Ribbon was a short lived decoration of the United States Army which was created on September 6, 1917 to recognize those soldiers who had received combat wounds during World War I. |
| The Wound Ribbon was only issued until October 12, 1917 and the following year was replaced with the Wound Chevron. |
| The Army Wound Ribbon is considered a predecessor decoration of the Purple Heart. |
| Federal Military Ribbon Awards (1374 words) |
| The first ribbon award is probably the least known: the Army's Wound Ribbon, established in September of 1917 but rescinded in January of 1918. |
| They use a cravate (ribbon) which is attached to the staff that carries the colors, and when a unit is cited in orders of the army for extraordinary services a Croix de Guerre is attached to the cravate. |
| The Army directed that one decoration per streamer would be used, and the streamers were to be the colors of the corresponding ribbon of the decoration, with the name of the action for which it was awarded embroidered thereon. |
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