service medal

Example Sentences

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Consider: Recently the US government sent me a civilian service medal as commendation for the work I did in Antarctica.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Other items in the police and military-themed sale at Bloomfield Auctions include a service medal from the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin complete with its original box.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021

In June 1994, while the slaughter in Rwanda was still underway, Museveni travelled to Minneapolis, where he received a Hubert H Humphrey public service medal and honorary doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2017

He was at the National Science Foundation for 25 years and received a distinguished service medal from the organization at his retirement in 1987.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2016

“And I will recommend you for the special colonial service medal and pension.”

From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles