File:US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png

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English: Depiction of the original 1862 w:United States Department of the Navy Medal of Honor, used until 1912.
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Source http://www.homeofheroes.com/pictures/index.html
http://www.homeofheroes.com/pictures/1_navy_original.jpg
Author C. Douglas Sterner
Transparency added and cropped by User:pd_THOR
Other versions
  • NavyMOH 1862-1912.jpg
    NavyMOH 1862-1912.jpg
  • 1913 to 1942 version
    1913 to 1942 version
  • "Tiffany Cross" version
    "Tiffany Cross" version
  • modern version
    modern version

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This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Public domain The graphic is a representation of an award or decoration of the United States military. It is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from a U.S. military award. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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