Directory

Encyclopedia

NodeWorks
                              ENCYCLOPEDIA

Link Checker

Home
Encyclopedia : O : OB : OBS :

Obsolete badges of the United States military

 

Obsolete badges of the United States military

Obsolete badges of the United States military are a number of U.S. military decorations which were issued in the early 20th century leading up to and including badges issued during the Second World War. Such badges were eventually phased out of the United States armed forces in favor of the modern military badges which are used by the U.S. military today.

Certain badges were also issued in the 19th century and the oldest military badge on record dates to the time of the American Revolutionary War. The following is a listing of obsolete U.S. military badges and the time period, or brnach of service, to which such badges were specific.

Revolutionary War


World War I


Army


Navy


Coast Guard




NodeWorks boosts web surfing!
Page Returned in 0.083 seconds - HTML Compressed 70.7%

This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
 GNU Free Documentation License
© 2008 Chamas Enterprises Inc.