United States: Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. With 4 x silver 'Service Stars' on riband

The silk corded riband mounted on a 'crimp brooch'. This latter with federal contractors hallmarks for 'G27', the mounting bar retaining its original hinged pin and intricate drop-lock fittings

The 4 x silver service stars, represent that the wearer of the wearer of the medal was a United States Navy or United States Marine Corps recipient who had served in 20 x additional campaign operations as specified. Each silver star representing 5 x awards / campaigns

In total there were 43 x different campaigns / operations specified for qualification for USN / USMC personnel, as under:

- Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor-Midway: 7 December 1941
- Wake Island: 8–23 December 1941
- Philippine Islands operation: 8 December 1941 – 6 May 1942
- Netherlands East Indies engagements: 23 January – 27 February 1942
- Pacific raids (1942): 1 February – 10 March 1942
- Coral Sea: 4–8 May 1942
- Midway: 3–6 June 1942
- Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings: 7–9 August 1942 (First Savo)
- Capture and defense of Guadalcanal: 10 August 1942 – 8 February 1943
- Makin Raid: 17–18 August 1942
- Eastern Solomons: 23–25 August 1942
- Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid: 5 October 1942
- Cape Esperance: 11–12 October 1942 (Second Savo)
- Santa Cruz Islands: 26 October 1942
- Guadalcanal: 12–15 November 1942 (Third Savo)
- Tassafaronga: 30 November – 1 December 1942 (Fourth Savo)
- Eastern New Guinea operation: 17 December 1942 – 24 July 1944
- Rennel Island: 29–30 January 1943
- Consolidation of Solomon Islands: 8 February 1943 – 15 March 1945
- Aleutians operation: 26 March – 2 June 1943
- New Georgia Group operation: 20 June – 16 October 1943
- Bismarck Archipelago operation: 25 June 1943 – 1 May 1944
- Pacific raids (1943): 31 August – 6 October 1943
- Treasury-Bougainville operation: 27 October – 15 December 1943
- Gilbert Islands operation: 13 November – 8 December 1943
- Marshall Islands operation: 26 November 1943 – 2 March 1944
- Asiatic-Pacific raids (1944): 16 February – 9 October 1944
- Western New Guinea operations: 21 April 1944 – 9 January 1945
- Marianas operation: 10 June – 27 August 1944
- Western Caroline Islands operation: 31 August – 14 October 1944
- Leyte operation: 10 October – 29 November 1944
- Luzon operation: 12 December 1944 – 1 April 1945
- Iwo Jima operation 15 February – 16 March 1945
- Okinawa Gunto operation: 17 March – 30 June 1945
- Third Fleet operations against Japan: 10 July – 15 August 1945
- Kurile Islands operation: 1 February 1944 – 11 August 1945
- Borneo operations: 27 April – 20 July 1945
- Tinian capture and occupation: 24 July – 1 August 1944
- Consolidation of the Southern Philippines: 28 February – 20 July 1945
- Hollandia operation: 21 April – 1 June 1944
- Manila Bay-Bicol operations: 29 January – 16 April 1945
- Escort, antisubmarine, armed guard and special operations: 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945
- Submarine War Patrols (Pacific): 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945

Note: The United States Army and Army Air Force had different, and considerably less qualifying campaigns for eligibility for 'service services'

Scarce seen with 4 x silver 'Service Stars', that was only possible for a small number of USN/USMC personnel

Condition: EF

Code: 23262