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Cold War Medal

The Cold War Medal

Criteria and Background:

Inspired by the Cold War Recognition Certificate created by Section 1084 of Public Law 105-85, approved on November 18, 1987. The official certificate is to recognize "members of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the Government who served the United States during the Cold War." While congress did not specifically authorise a medal for Federal service during the Cold War, this medal has been adopted as the de-facto official Cold War Medal, mainly by its use by State National Guards, along with military and patriotic societies, including being recognized as the official medal of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

The Cold War Medal was designed by Nadine Russell, the Chief of Creative Heraldry at the Army's Institute of Heraldry and the designer of many campaign and service medals, including the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, and the Outstanding Military Volunteer Service Medal.

The Criteria for the medal is to have served honorably between the inclusive dates of September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991

$ 32.75 USD

Overall rating: 4.9473686 / 5 from 133 reviews.

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The Cold War Medal, designed by Nadine Russell, is highly regarded for its quality and recognition value. Customers appreciate its excellent quality, beautiful looks, and efficient shipping. The medal serves as a de-facto official recognition for service during the Cold War.

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  • Service Quality: 13%
  • Product Appearance: 20%
  • Medal Quality: 25%
  • Shipping Efficiency: 13%
  • Overall Product Quality: 19%

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Review highlights

  • "Both look great, quality and service was excellent." — Steven T.
  • "It is a beautiful and well made Medal and Ribbon." — Ken B.
  • "Highest quality medal." — Mark P.

Reviews

Cold War Medal

"After receiving my Cold War Service Certificate many years ago, I thought that the medal would be a proper companion to the certificate. Well, I wasn't disappointed. It is a beautiful medal. To bad it wasn't officially approved by the powers to be. Thank you for fulfilling and shipping my order so quickly. Great packaging too. Thank you!"

— Juan G. (5/5)

Very well made medal!

"Great to know what awards are available for those of us who served our county!"

— GEORGE T. (5/5)

Cold war medal

"Quality of item"

— Greg B. (5/5)

Let’s make this an official service metal for all branches

"Love the design and the rendering. This is a beautiful metal for those of us that served during the Cold War without real recognition of what we contributed or sacrificed"

— Scott B. (5/5)

Awesome service!! Thanks so much!

"Awesome service!! Thanks so much!"

— Virginia C. (5/5)

will go good in the

"will go good in the shadow box with the others."

— stephen s. (5/5)

Very nice

"Incredibly nice. It’s just a shame that Uncle Sugar doesn’t buy these for us that served during this time."

— Terry A. (5/5)

"Exactly what I ordered"

— Jim E. (5/5)

excellent product. well done.

"excellent product. well done."

— Samuel S. (5/5)

Looks good

"Looks good"

— Joe L. (5/5)

Q&A

I service in the Army from 1968-1993 was station in Germany in early 1970 who do l write about the award
Hi There, This is a tough one! The Cold War Medal is still, technically, a commemorative medal. There are still some significant hoops to jump through before it becomes an officially recognized awards. As such, the criteria for earning it are vague and not set in stone. At present, it recognizes service during the period between 1945 - 1991 but does not specify what actions earn it.
Is this a full size medal and is it slide on ready with no pins
This is a standard size medal. The medal does not come with pin backing, but has an opening on the back that can be slid onto a mount with pins.
Are the Cold War medal,Cold War commerative,and the viet nam commerative ribbon able to be added to my DD-214 via a DD215
They are not. Those medals are not official medals so they would not be added to a DD-214. The Cold War Medal should likely become one and may be added retroactively, but there is no timetable for that as of yet.
Dear Sir. If I order the commemorative Cold War medal. Comes there acertificate on my name with it Do you ship it to the Netherlands and what are the shipping costs. Hope to hear from you. Regards, Jan de Winter The Netherlans Europe
This product is sold as the medal itself, nothing else. We do not sell any sort of certificates.
What is the order on how to mount WWII Medals.
The best way to find out the order of precedence is to use our EZ Rack Builder program (https://ezrackbuilder.usamm.com/rack-builder/home) Just select the branch of service for the individual, select the awards and the program will put them in the proper order of precedence for you.
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Cold War Medal

$ 32.75 USD

The Cold War Medal

Criteria and Background:

Inspired by the Cold War Recognition Certificate created by Section 1084 of Public Law 105-85, approved on November 18, 1987. The official certificate is to recognize "members of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the Government who served the United States during the Cold War." While congress did not specifically authorise a medal for Federal service during the Cold War, this medal has been adopted as the de-facto official Cold War Medal, mainly by its use by State National Guards, along with military and patriotic societies, including being recognized as the official medal of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

The Cold War Medal was designed by Nadine Russell, the Chief of Creative Heraldry at the Army's Institute of Heraldry and the designer of many campaign and service medals, including the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, and the Outstanding Military Volunteer Service Medal.

The Criteria for the medal is to have served honorably between the inclusive dates of September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991

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