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A small metal mark on a ribbon.
Also known as: Award device, Ribbon emblem
The small device attached to a medal ribbon to record a repeat award or a specific action.
Records a repeat award of the same medal, or qualifies the award with a specific action or theatre.
Contexts: History, Public information
Turns a single ribbon into a countable record, so a wearer with one ribbon and three devices has been decorated four times — which is invisible to anyone who does not know the convention.
Contexts: History, Public information
A small metal star, oak leaf, numeral or clasp pinned to the face of the ribbon.