The Philippine Defense Medal is a decoration of the Republic of the Philippines which is awarded to commemorate the initial resistance against Japanese invasion between the dates of December 1941 and June 1942.The decoration was first created as ribbon in December, 1944 and a full sized medal was authorized in July, 1945.
The Philippine Defense Medal is presented to any service member, of either the Philippine military or an allied armed force, which participated in the defense of the Philippine Islands between December 8, 1941 and June 15, 1942. Those eligible must have served thirty or more days of duty or must have been engaged in a combat operation for which the time requirement is waived.
The Philippine Defense Medal was commonly bestowed to foreign militaries and was one of the most widely awarded foreign medals to the United States Armed Forces. This is due in part to the large amount of United States troops which defended the Philippines at Bataan and would later be captured and forced to endure the Bataan Death March.
The medal is the 40th Anniversary Medal of WWII issued by the Russian Federation and commonly referred to as the Murmansk Medal.
The medal is bronze with the lion shield and crown of Norway and the ribbon is of Norway's national colors of red, white and blue, and has the dates of 9 April 1940 and 8 May 1945 on it, which are the qualifying dates of service for the medal.
It is a circular bronze medal with Army symbols of strength and defense with the American flag and the Army flag in the background and the date 1775 on the bottom of the display.
The PhilippineDefenseMedal is a decoration of the Republic of the Philippines which is awarded to commemorate the initial resistance against Japanese invasion between the dates of December 1941 and June 1942.The decoration was first created as ribbon in December, 1944 and a full sized medal was authorized in July, 1945.
The PhilippineDefenseMedal is presented to any service member, of either the Philippine military or an allied armed force, which participated in the defense of the Philippine Islands between December 8, 1941 and June 15, 1942.
The PhilippineDefenseMedal was commonly bestowed to foreign militaries and was one of the most widely awarded foreign medals to the United States Armed Forces.
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