Definition

• Ribbon Bar.  A bar wrapped with a width of ribbon, enclosed by a shell frame with clutchback fasteners on the back. Such ribbons are usually displayed alone and indicated a higher rank or importance; they are worn above brooches or bars of other ribbons. They could indicate a medal of valor as a military or naval award, or a second or subsequent award; they can be supplemented by from one to four stars, clusters or oak leaves. Used in military and to a lesser extent in sports awards.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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