Spilla da bavero,per abiti civili,
detta "Gold Star Lapel Button" per figli, vedove e parenti di
militari caduti in azione per gli Stati Uniti d'America nella 1a o
2a Guerra Mondiale, come stabilito da Atto del Congresso il 1
Agosto del 1947 e distribuite fino ad esaurimento scorte alla
Guerra di Korea e non oltre il 1 Luglio
1958
reca le iniziali nominative
dell'assegnatario "C.W.S"
Originale
"(k)
Gold Star Lapel Button. The Gold Star Lapel Button was established
by Act of Congress (Pub. L. 80-306) August 1, 1947, codified at 10
U.S.C. 1126 in order to provide an appropriate identification for
widows, widowers, parents, and next of kin of members of the Armed
Forces of the United States who lost their lives during World War
I, April 6, 1917 to March 3, 1921; World War II, September 8, 1939
to July 25, 1947; any subsequent period of armed hostilities in
which the United States was engaged before July 1, 1958 (United
Nations action in Korea, June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1954); or who
lost their lives after June 30, 1958, while engaged in an action
against an enemy of the United States; or while engaged in military
operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or
while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed
conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent party
against an opposing Armed Force; or who lost or lose their lives
after March 28, 1973, as a result of an international terrorist
attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to
the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary of
Defense; or while serving in a military operation while serving
outside the United States (including the commonwealths,
territories, and possessions of the United States) as part of a
peacekeeping force. (1)
The Gold Star Lapel Button consists of a gold star on a purple
circular background, bordered in gold and surrounded by gold laurel
leaves. On the reverse is the inscription “United States of
America, Act of Congress, August 1966” with space for
engraving the initials of the recipient. Gold Star Lapel Buttons
inscribed August 1947 may be issued until present inventories are
exhausted"
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