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Silver Star The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action against an e ...

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 EDELWEISS (Expérience pour DEtecter Les WIMPs En Site Souterrain) is a dark matter search experiment located at the Modane Underground Laboratory in France. The experiment uses cryogenic detectors, measuring both the phonon and ionization signals ...

, a flower * Silver

award star A inch star (9.7mm) is a miniature gold or silver five-pointed star that is authorized by the United States Armed Forces as a ribbon device to denote subsequent awards for specific decorations of the Department of the Navy, Coast Guard, Public H ...

, an attachment worn on meritorious medals of the United States Department of the Navy * Silver

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 ser ...

, an attachment worn on campaign medals and service decorations * A religious term used in Western Initiatory

Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...

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* "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 Clancy Eccles (9 December 1940 in Dean Pen, St. Mary, Jamaica – 30 June 2005 in Spanish Town, Jamaica)Katz was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Known mostly for his early reg ...

* "Silver Star" (''The Unit''), an episode of the television series ''The Unit'' * ''The Silver Star'' (film), a 1955 American film

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* Silver Star Provincial Park, a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada *

Silver Star Mountain Resort SilverStar Mountain Resort (SilverStar) is a ski resort located near Silver Star Provincial Park in the Shuswap Highland of the Monashee Mountains, 22 km northeast of the city of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. SilverStar's snow season ...

, in British Columbia, Canada, located near the provincial park *

Silver Star Mountain (disambiguation) Silver Star Mountain can refer to: * Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington) * Silver Star Mountain (Okanogan County, Washington) * Silver Star Mountain Resort SilverStar Mountain Resort (SilverStar) is a ski resort located near ...

, multiple mountains in Washington, United States

Organisations

Silver Star (charity) Silver Star is a charity based in the United Kingdom. It specialises in raising awareness of diabetes. In raising awareness the charity has contacted numerous celebrities including Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Kareena Kapoor. Controve ...

, a British-based diabetes charity * Argenteum Astrum (Latin for ''silver star''), a magical order created by Aleister Crowley in 1907 after leaving the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

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Silver Stars (South Africa) Platinum Stars was a South African football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that played in the Premier Soccer League. The club was nicknamed ''Dikwena'', the Tswana name for ''Crocodiles''. The team's best finish in ...

, a South African Premier Soccer League club *

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...

, a team in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) based in San Antonio, Texas

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CT-133 Silver Star The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (company model number CL-30) is the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer aircraft, in service from the 1950s to 2005. The Canadian version was powered by the Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turboj ...

, a Canadian military training aircraft * ''Silver Star'' (Amtrak train), a passenger train operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) * ''Silver Star'' (NZR train), a luxury passenger train that ran in New Zealand *

Silver Star (roller coaster) Silver Star is a steel roller coaster located at Europa-Park, a theme park in Rust, Germany. The coaster has a height of and a drop of 67 meters (220’), placing it in the hyper coaster category. At the time of its opening, ''Silver Star'' wa ...

, a hypercoaster and Europe's highest and third fastest roller coaster * SS ''Silverstar'' (1951–1956), a small passenger ship retrofitted from HMS ''Bruiser''

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