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The Bronze Star Medal is awarded for valor in battle or for achievement in a battlefield theater of operation. In US Military, oak leaf clusters are awarded for additional awards of the same medal. So two (2) oak leaf clusters indicates a person has received three (3) total awards of the same medal.
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What is difference between a Bronze Star and a Bronze Star First Oak Leaf Cluster?
The oak leaf cluster indicates that the decoration has been awarded a second time. Thus a bronze star with oak leaf cluster means the person won two bronze stars. Michael Montagne
What does seeing an oak leaf mean?
One Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster indicates second award of a certain military award. Some duplicate awards contain bronze service stars.
How does the recipient of both a Bronze star with V device and a Bronze Star for merit display the ribbon on the dress uniform?
The "V" device is worn on the left side of the ribbon (as you look at it), with an oak leaf cluster on the right hand side [ V @ ]
What is a cluster on bronze star medal?
A Cluster or known as an Oak Leaf Cluster is aA bronze or silver twig of four oak leaves with three acorns on the stem, 13/32-inch long for the suspension ribbon, and 5/16-inch long for the service ribbon bar and the unit award emblem is issued to denote award of second and succeeding awards of decorations.
What does an oak leaf Custer symbolize?
Typically an Oak Leaf Cluster represents an additional award of the medal. Others use a star to indicate a second award.
What is difference between a Bronze Star and a Bronze Star First Oak Leaf Cluster?
The oak leaf cluster indicates that the decoration has been awarded a second time. Thus a bronze star with oak leaf cluster means the person won two bronze stars. Michael Montagne
What does a silver star with cluster mean?
The bronze oak leaf cluster represents second and subsequent entitlements of awards. The silver oak leaf cluster represents sixth, 11th, etc., entitlements or in lieu of five bronze oak leaf clusters.
What is Bronze star medal olc?
The Bronze Star medal was established in 1944. An oak leaf cluster on US medals indicates additional award of the same medal. Thus one (1) oak leaf cluster on a medal indicates the wearer has been awarded the same medal twice.
How many bronze oak leaf cluster equals a silver?
five oak leaf clusters equal on silver.,
What is the Significance of bronze star with oak leaf cluster?
The Bronze Star Medal is awarded for valor in battle or for achievement in a battlefield theater of operation. In US Military, oak leaf clusters are awarded for additional awards of the same medal. So two (2) oak leaf clusters indicates a person has received three (3) total awards of the same medal.
What does seeing an oak leaf mean?
One Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster indicates second award of a certain military award. Some duplicate awards contain bronze service stars.
How many oak leaf clusters can you wear on an aam?
One would wear a single Silver Oak Leaf Cluster. The Silver Oak Leaf Cluster signifies that the Army Achievement Medal has been awarded 5 subsequent times and the Ribbon itself signifies the first one awarded. For every AAM awarded after this, one would wear a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster (signifying one awarded AAM) until one reaches 11 total awards. At this point, one would wear a second Silver Oak Leaf Cluster.
What do 9 Army Achievement Medals look like?
An award of 9 Army Achievement Medals would be shown by the original medal pinned with a silver oak leaf cluster (for 5 awards) and 4 bronze oak leaf clusters.
How does the recipient of both a Bronze star with V device and a Bronze Star for merit display the ribbon on the dress uniform?
The "V" device is worn on the left side of the ribbon (as you look at it), with an oak leaf cluster on the right hand side [ V @ ]
What is a cluster on bronze star medal?
A Cluster or known as an Oak Leaf Cluster is aA bronze or silver twig of four oak leaves with three acorns on the stem, 13/32-inch long for the suspension ribbon, and 5/16-inch long for the service ribbon bar and the unit award emblem is issued to denote award of second and succeeding awards of decorations.
What does an oak leaf Custer symbolize?
Typically an Oak Leaf Cluster represents an additional award of the medal. Others use a star to indicate a second award.
What does BSM PH OLC mean on the bottom of a military headstone?
BSM = Bronze Star Medal PH = Purple Heart OLC = Oak Leaf Cluster - This was a small oak leaf was a device issued to indicate a second award of a previous medal, such as the Purple Heart or the BSM.
