You need to fill out a form furnished bt the National Archives in St.Louis. It usually takes about 6 months. Here is the website: http://www.archives.gov/index.html Here is more input: Contact the American War Library at 16907 Brighton Avenue, Gardena CA 90247 (310) 532-0634. In the British, Canadian and Australian military traditions , only the person who was awarded the medals may WEAR them. A family member may have them, and display them at home.
Medals are not re-issued. However you nay be able to find out (from official sources) which medals your grandfather was awarded then purchase second hand medals (that other recipients have sold) to match.
Each country awarded it's own medals. The list depends on what country you are referring to.
the Iron cross was one of the medals awarded in ww1.
The VC (628 awarded) and the Medal of Honor (124 awarded).
yes the standard infantry in Europe medals
96 US Medals of Honor were awarded for WWI service.
One of the medals was the Victory Medal. Awarded to anyone who was in Britan or any of her colonies surving at the time.
The total number of Bronze Star Medals awarded during World War 2 is unknown. The 82nd Airborne alone was awarded 2,478 Bronze Stars. The medal was created in 1944.
There were somewhere between 432-450 Medals of Honor awarded for WWII.
432 Medals of Honor were awarded in WWII, but long after the end of the war, a group of 10 or so black WWII soldiers (some posthumously) were added to that number. They were given lesser awards because during the war the US Army was segregated, and as a result, no black Americans were awarded the MOH.
he was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for a daring rescue of 15 officers while being fred upon in the World War 2. he was also awarded 6 air medals and 2 distinguished flying crosses.
World War 1: 124 awardedWorld War 2: 464 awardedVietnam: 246 awardedBringing a total of 834 medals awarded.
There are Medals of Honor being awarded to individuals that earned them in World War 2, Vietnam and Somalia. Check the site linked below for some of the most recent awards and the citations behind them. 3,468 medals have been awarded sence the first one during the Civil War.