United States: Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal

Sold together with official contractors marked card box of issue, that includes the medal title

The medal mounting brooch with Contractors Marks 'W' GI on reverse of 12mm crimp brooch mounting bar. The crimp brooch retaining the original long hinged pin and intricate drop clasp fittings

The Marine Corps Expeditionary Ribbon was instituted on 8 May 1919, as a ribbon only award. The award was restyled as the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal on 1 March 1921, at which time the medal was instituted. The retrospective qualifying expeditions for this medal date back to the expedition to Panama in 1873

The qualifying criteria for this medal extends to all United States Marine Corps personnel, i.e., officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps, who must have engaged in a landing on foreign territory, participated in combat operations against an opposing force, or participated in a designated operation for which no other service medal is authorized.3 After 1961, some commands permitted eligible personnel to choose between the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, depending on the nature of the operation in question

Between 1980-2019, the below following have been the qualifying operations for this medal;

- LEBANON 20 Aug 82 - 31 May 83
- LIBYA 20 Jan 86 - 27 Jun 86
- PERSIAN GULF 1 Feb 87 - 23 Jul 87
- PANAMA (JUST CAUSE) 1 Apr 88 - 19 Dec 89 & 1 Feb 90 - 13 Jun 90
- LIBERIA (SHARP EDGE) 5 Aug 90 - 21 Feb 91
- RWANDA (DISTANT RUNNER) 7 Apr 94 - 18 Apr 94
- ERITREA (SAFE DEPARTURE) 6 Jun 98 - 25 Jun 98
- USS COLE (DETERMINED RESPONSE) 12 Oct 00 - 15 Dec 02

Condition: EF

Code: 21711