ID This Military Ribbon

Factual Questions
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I’m sitting here holding a ribbon that one of my soldiers had in his room. He has no idea what it is, and neither do I. My assumption is that it’s a US Military ribbon because of it’s size and shape, but I could be wrong.

From left to right, I’ll name the colors. Like most every ribbon, the stripes are vertical and the ribbon is semetrical.

The colors are:

Navy Blue, Gold, Maroon, Dark Forest Green, Maroon, Gold, Navy Blue

The First and last three stripes take up 25% of the ribbon each. That is, the group of three takes up 25%. The Dark Forest Green occupies the remaining 50% in the middle of the ribbon.

Anyone have any idea what this ribbon is???

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Did it look like this:

http://www.vvoa.com/medals/PAGE2.GIF

Unit commendation from the navy/mairines. The guy was in a boni fide “real” battle. Ask him about it, maybe it will jog his memory and give you an insite into a far gone era.

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Awesome, thanks!!! I had a feeling it was a Marine commendation. I was sure I had seen it before, and now I know I had. My buddy back home wore one. He was a Marine.

The particular soldier who brought me the ribbon… he’s never been in anything. It’s most definitely not his ribbon. And he’s not even sure where he got it.

Thanks again.

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BTW, did you recognize it from the colors, or did you just go looking for ribbons on google?
I looked on google for about 10 minutes before posting.

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My dad has one with “battle” stars on them, and yes I did google to make sure I had it right. :slight_smile: After the first one, they gave out little bronze stars (for one battle) or silver stars (for 5 battles) instead of giving out additional ribbons. My dad had seven. But one is still cool.