Gold frame

A Gold frame is a military decoration which is issued by most of the world?s militaries as an attachment to certain awards and decorations. The gold frame is designed to enclose an award ribbon and is usually a means of distinguishing the ribbon?s special quality or denoting some additional achievement to the award's basic criteria.

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In countries which issue the Presidential Unit Citation, the gold frame is almost always used as a standard device to denote such awards. Some countries also use the gold frame as a method of differentiating unit awards from regular decorations. Such is the case in the United States Army, which issues all unit citations with the gold frame.

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The gold frame is normally an automatic attachment to a ribbon decoration. In certain cases, however, awards may be issued both with and without the gold frame depending upon the level of achievement. Such is the case in the United States Air Force which issues the gold frame to the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon only when the decoration was presented under combat conditions.

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The gold frame is a device for ribbon awards only, and there are no provisions for issuing the attachment for medals. Gold frames are also a one time decoration, as there are obviously no means of denoting multiple gold frames on a single award ribbon.

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Presidential Unit Citation: The Presidential Unit Citation is a senior unit award granted to military units which have performed an extremely meritorious or heroic act, usually in the face of an armed enemy. Several nations bestow awards which are referred to as the Presidential Unit Citation, among which include the followin...

United States Army: The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of fiscal year 2004 (FY04), it consisted of 485,500 soldiers (including 71,400 women) on active duty and 591,000 in reserve (325,000 in the Army National Guard (ARNG) and...

United States Air Force: The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. The mission of the USAF is "to defend the United States and protect its interests through air and space power". It was created as a separate branch on September 18, 1947....

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