Bronze Star (other)
Bronze star may refer to: * Bronze Star Medal, a U.S. military decoration * Bronze service star, an attachment worn on campaign medals and service decorations * ''Bronze star'', Canadian life saving award of the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada * Bronze Bauhinia Star, the lowest grade of the Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong See also * Bronze Medal (other) * Bronze Medallion (other) * Bronze Award (other) * Silver Star (other) * Gold Star (other) * Bronze (other) * Star (other) A star is a luminous astronomical object. Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to: Shapes and symbols * Star (polygon), a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially * Star (glyph), a typographical symbol * Star (heraldry), star-like ...

Bronze Star Medal
The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone. When the medal is awarded by the Army, Air Force, or Space Force for acts of valor in combat, the "V" device is authorized for wear on the medal. When the medal is awarded by the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard for acts of valor or meritorious service in combat, the Combat "V" is authorized for wear on the medal. Officers from the other Uniformed Services of the United States are eligible to receive this award, as are foreign soldiers who have served with or alongside a service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Civilians serving with U.S. military forces in combat are also eligible for the award. For example, UPI reporter Joe Galloway was awarded the Bronze Star with "V" device during the Vietnam War for rescuing a badly wound ...
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Service Star
A service star is a miniature bronze or silver five-pointed star inch (4.8 mm) in diameter that is authorized to be worn by members of the eight uniformed services of the United States on medals and ribbons to denote an additional award or service period. The service star may also be referred to as a campaign star or battle star depending on which award the star is authorized for and the manner in which the device is used for the award. Service stars, campaign stars, and battle stars are worn with one point of the star pointing up on the suspension ribbon of a medal or service ribbon. A silver star is worn instead of five bronze stars. A service star is sometimes mistaken for a Bronze Star (Bronze Star Medal) or Silver Star (Silver Star Medal). The service star is also similar to the gold and silver -inch stars that may be authorized to be worn on specific individual decorations of certain services to denote additional decorations. Service stars Expeditionary medals Servic ...
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Royal Life Saving Society Of Canada
The Royal Life Saving Society Canada, commonly known as the Lifesaving Society or LSS, is a Canadian registered charity that works to prevent water-related injuries through various programs across Canada. The Lifesaving Society is an independent organization that is composed of ten provincial/territorial branches, tens of thousands of individual members, and over 4,000 affiliated swimming pools, waterfronts, schools and clubs. The Society helps prevent drowning and aquatic injury through its training programs, public education, drowning-prevention research, safety management and overseeing the sport of lifesaving. History The Royal Life Saving Society arrived in Canada in 1894 with its Honorary Representative, Arthur Lewis Cochrane, who joined the faculty of Upper Canada College in Toronto as a "Drill Instructor". The Society became formalized with the establishment in 1908 of the Ontario Branch as the first Canadian branch of the Royal Life Saving Society UK. Programs and ce ...
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Bronze Bauhinia Star
The Bronze Bauhinia Star (, BBS) is the lowest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It is awarded to persons who have given outstanding service over a long period of time, but in a more limited field or way than that required for the Silver Bauhinia Star. List of awardees 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Withdrawn Dr Lew Mon-hung was awarded the BBS in 2010 but then stripped of the honour from 3 April 2020.G.N.1548 Removal of Honours
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Bronze Medal (other)
A bronze medal is awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions, usually in sports. Bronze Medal may also refer to: Awards * Bronze Medal of Military Valor, an Italian medal for gallantry * Bronze Medal for Merit, awarded by the President of the Republic of South Africa * Bronze Medal for Civil Valor, an Italian medal for civic virtue * Bronze Medal of Valor (American), awarded by the United States Civil Air Patrol * CNRS Bronze Medal, awarded by the French National Centre for Scientific Research * Congressional Bronze Medal, awarded by the United States Congress * Department of Commerce Bronze Medal The Department of Commerce Bronze Medal is the third of three honor awards of the United States Department of Commerce. Since 1949, the Bronze Medal is the highest award presented by the head or secretarial officer of an operating unit of the Depar ..., awarded by the United States Department of Commerce * Dufferin Bronze Medal, a British commendation to Canadia ...
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Bronze Medallion (other)
Bronze Medallion may refer to: * Bronze Medallion (Canada) *Bronze Medallion (New York City award) * Bronze Medallion (New Zealand and Australia) *Bronze Medallion (United Kingdom) *Bronze Retirement Medallion, of the U.S. CIA See also * Bronze (other) * Medallion (other) * Bronze Award (other) * Bronze Medal (other) * Bronze Star Medal * Bronze star (other) Bronze star may refer to: * Bronze Star Medal, a U.S. military decoration * Bronze service star, an attachment worn on campaign medals and service decorations * ''Bronze star'', Canadian life saving award of the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada ...

Bronze Award (other)
Bronze Award may refer to: * Bronze Award (Girl Scouts of the USA) * Venturing Bronze award, a former award from the Venturing program of the Boy Scouts of America * A level of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award See also * * Bronze (other) * Award (other) * Bronze medal * Bronze Medallion (other) * Bronze star (other) Bronze star may refer to: * Bronze Star Medal, a U.S. military decoration * Bronze service star, an attachment worn on campaign medals and service decorations * ''Bronze star'', Canadian life saving award of the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada ...

Silver Star (other)
The Silver Star is a medal awarded for gallantry in action while in combat as a member of any of the United States Armed Forces. Silver Star may also refer to: * Edelweiss, a flower * Silver award star, an attachment worn on meritorious medals of the United States Department of the Navy * Silver service star, an attachment worn on campaign medals and service decorations * A religious term used in Western Initiatory Kabbalah Entertainment * "Silver Star" (1910 song), a popular song composed in 1910 by Charles L. Johnson * ''Silver Star'' (album), a 1977 Gary Glitter album * "Silver Star" (The Four Seasons song), 1976 * '' Lunar: The Silver Star'', a GameArts RPG released in North America in 1993 for the Sega CD * '' Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete'' a GameArts RPG released in North America in 1999 for the PlayStation * Silver Star (comics), a Pacific Comics and Topps Comics comic book by Jack Kirby * Silver Stars (reggae), a reggae group led by Clancy Eccles * "Silver Star" ...
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Gold Star (other)
Gold Star, Goldstar, or similar may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Goldstar (comics), the name of several fictional characters from DC Comics * Commissioner Goldstar, a major character in ''Fresh Beat Band of Spies'' Awards and decorations * Hero of the Soviet Union, a medal awarded as a gold star * Hero of the Russian Federation, the medal succeeding the aforementioned Soviet medal, also awarded as a gold star * Gold Star Order, awarded in Vietnam * Gold Star Service Banner, United States service flag for family of members who died during military service * Gold 5/16 inch star, a United States ribbon device indicating an additional award Music industry * Gold Star Records, record label issued by the Quinn Recording Company of Houston, Texas, in the mid-20th century * Gold Star Studios, major independent recording studio located in Los Angeles, California Brands and enterprises * BSA Gold Star, 500 cc 4-stroke production motorcycle * Gold Star Ch ...
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Bronze (other)
Bronze is an alloy of copper with any of several other metals, often tin. Bronze may also refer to: * Bronze (color), the tint of the metal * Bronze (horse), a racehorse * Bronze (racial classification), persons of combined Latin European and Indigenous American ancestry * Bronze (turkey), a breed of domestic turkey * Bronze Age, an early period of historical development * Bronze Night, a series of riots in Estonia in 2007 * Bronze Records, an English independent record label * Bronze sculpture, a piece of art made of bronze * Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a controversial Soviet WW2 Monument in Tallinn, Estonia * Bronze Sunbird, a species of bird found in Africa * In chemistry, various mixed oxides with metallic sheen, such as ** Sodium tungsten bronze ** Molybdenum purple bronze , A = Li, Na, K, Rb, Tl * Lucy Bronze (born 1991), English association footballer * ''The Bronze'' (film), a 2015 comedy film * The Bronze, a fictional nightclub in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' See ...
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