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Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
Criteria: Awarded to U.S. Marine Corps and Navy personnel having either
served on a United States ship, or as an embarked Marine, in the waters or
land territory of Nicaragua between August 27, 1926 and January 2, 1933.
The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal appeared as a medal suspended
from a red ribbon with several white stripes. The medal displayed a woman,
armed with sword, defending two other figures with a cloak. The medal bore
the words "Second Nicaraguan Campaign" with the dates “1926 - 1930”
displayed on the medal’s edges (although the medal was authorized until 1933). The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal was considered a separate award
from the first version of the medal and Navy regulations permitted the receipt
and wear of both decorations, if so authorized. Admiral W.H.H. Sutherland,
who had been in overall command of both Nicaraguan campaigns, was the
first recipient of both versions of the Nicaraguan Campaign Medal. The Nicaraguan Campaign Medal was authorized by Presidential Order of
Woodrow Wilson on September 22, 1913. The medal was again authorized
by an act of the United States Congress on November 8, 1929. The
Nicaraguan Campaign Medal is therefore considered as two separate
decorations, commonly referred to as the First Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
and the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
List of Navy Ships awarded the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
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