Secretary_of_Transportation_Outstanding_Achievement_Medal

Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal

Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal

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The Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal also known as the Department of Transportation Gold Medal is the highest honorary award of the United States Department of Transportation.

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Appearance

The medal is 1 3/8 inches in diameter, made of gold plated red brass. The obverse depicts a triskelion superimposed over a graticule surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse bears the words, in relief, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION arched above with the incuse inscription OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT on a scroll below. In the middle are the words AWARDED TO with a space to engrave the recipient's name.[2] The medal is suspended from a ribbon 1 3/8 inches wide made up of a mirrored pattern with a center stripe of old glory blue, a stripe of white with a thin stripes of paprika and black, followed by another stripe of white next to a thin stripe of black with an edge stripe of paprika.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Ribbon Order of Precedence" (PDF). Medals and Awards Program. Personnel Management, CG-12. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 9 June 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  2. [2]
    "Decoration, Outstanding Achievement Award (Gold Medal), Department of Transportation". assistdocs.com. US Department of Defense. Retrieved 9 June 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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    "Ribbon, Outstanding Achievement Award (Gold Medal) Secretary of Transportation". assistdocs.com. US Department of Defense. Retrieved 9 June 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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