Definition

• Veteran's Medal.  A medal bestowed upon someone who had served in the armed forces of a country; but issued by an organization other than a national government – by a state, city, community, municipal, company, fraternal or other organization (such a medal issued by a government is called a service medal).

  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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