OFFICIAL HANDBOOK VOLUME V: INDIVIDUAL MEDALS AND AWARDS 809 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Tel.: (502) 589-1776 Fax: (502) 589-1671 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.sar.org Effective: September 21, 2019 Effective: September 21, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... ii PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................... vi REVISION NOTES ........................................................................................................................... vii MEDALS AND AWARDS ..................................................................................................................... 1 Authority .................................................................................................................................... 1 Submission of Nominations for Medals and Awards ................................................................ 1 Ordering and Presenting Medals and Awards ........................................................................... 2 Care of Insignia and Medals ...................................................................................................... 2 Additional Awards of the Same Medal (Oak Leaf Clusters) .................................................... 2 Requests for New Insignia, Medals and Awards ....................................................................... 3 State Society Medals & Requirements ...................................................................................... 4 Wear of State Society Emblems, Badges & Pins ...................................................................... 5 PRECEDENCE .................................................................................................................................... 5 General Comments on Precedence ............................................................................................ 5 Detail of SAR Medal Precedence and Summary Table of Medals and Awards ....................... 6 MEDALS AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY TO COMPATRIOTS FOR SERVICE TO THE SAR ................................................................................. 9 Minuteman Award ..................................................................................................................... 9 National Society Medal of Distinguished Service ................................................................... 11 SAR International Medal ......................................................................................................... 11 National Society Meritorious Service Medal .......................................................................... 12 Gold Roger Sherman Medal .................................................................................................... 12 Florence Kendall Award Medal .............................................................................................. 13 Liberty Medal .......................................................................................................................... 14 Lafayette Volunteer Service Award ........................................................................................ 15 Patriot Grave Marking Medal .................................................................................................. 15 Compatriot Grave Marking Medal .......................................................................................... 17 Gold NSSAR Color Guard Medal ........................................................................................... 18 Gold Samuel Adams Congress Appreciation Medal ............................................................... 19 The Von Steuben Medal for Sustained Achievement in the NSSAR Color Guard ................ 19 Silver NSSAR Color Guard Medal ......................................................................................... 22 Silver Samuel Adams Congress Appreciation Medal ............................................................. 23 Bronze Samuel Adams Congress Appreciation Medal ........................................................... 24 Gold Council of State Presidents’ Medal ................................................................................ 24 Silver Council of State Presidents’ Medal ............................................................................... 24 MEDALS AWARDED BY A DISTRICT TO COMPATRIOTS FOR SERVICE TO THE SAR ............................................................................... 25 District Meritorious Service Medal ......................................................................................... 25 - ii - Effective: September 21, 2019 Silver Roger Sherman Medal .................................................................................................. 25 MEDALS AWARDED BY A STATE SOCIETY TO COMPATRIOTS FOR SERVICE TO THE SAR ............................................................................... 27 Patriot Medal ........................................................................................................................... 27 State Medal of Distinguished Service ..................................................................................... 28 State Meritorious Service Medal ............................................................................................. 28 Silver Roger Sherman Medal .................................................................................................. 29 Bronze NSSAR Color Guard Medal ....................................................................................... 29 MEDALS AWARDED BY A CHAPTER TO COMPATRIOTS FOR SERVICE TO THE SAR ............................................................................... 31 Chapter Medal of Distinguished Service ................................................................................. 31 Chapter Meritorious Service Medal ........................................................................................ 31 Bronze Roger Sherman Medal ................................................................................................ 32 MEDALS AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, A DISTRICT, A STATE SOCIETY OR A CHAPTER TO A LADY FOR SERVICE TO THE SAR ......................................................................................... 33 SAR Daughters of Liberty Medal ............................................................................................ 33 Lafayette Volunteer Service Award ........................................................................................ 33 SAR Medal of Appreciation .................................................................................................... 33 Martha Washington Medal ...................................................................................................... 34 Lydia Darragh Medal .............................................................................................................. 34 Silver Samuel Adams Congress Appreciation Medal ............................................................. 35 The Molly Pitcher Medal ......................................................................................................... 35 Bronze Samuel Adams Congress Appreciation Medal ........................................................... 37 MEDALS AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, A STATE SOCIETY OR A CHAPTER FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND SERVICE TO VETERANS .................................................................... 38 War Service Medal .................................................................................................................. 38 Military Service Medal ............................................................................................................ 39 General William C. Westmoreland Award ............................................................................. 40 Service to Veterans Medal ....................................................................................................... 40 MEDALS AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, A STATE SOCIETY OR A CHAPTER FOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY ................................................................................................ 42 Gold Good Citizenship Medal ................................................................................................. 42 Medal for Heroism .................................................................................................................. 43 Silver Good Citizenship Medal ............................................................................................... 44 SAR Life Saving Medal .......................................................................................................... 44 Law Enforcement Commendation Medal ............................................................................... 45 Fire Safety Commendation Medal ........................................................................................... 46 Emergency Medical Services Commendation Medal ............................................................. 47 Bronze Good Citizenship Medal ............................................................................................. 47 Robert E. Burt Boy Scout Volunteer Award Medal ................................................................ 48 - iii - Effective: September