United States: Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. Superior Junior Cadet Decoration Medal

The silk corded riband, fitted with a 12mm crimp brooch mounting bar. This latter with contractors hallmark 'LI-GI' on reverse, the bar retaining the hinged pin & drop clasp fittings on reverse, and as issued

To be considered eligible for this award, an individual must be:

- A Junior ROTC or NDCC cadet
- In the top 10 percent of his or her class in Junior ROTC or NDCC academically and in the top 50 percent of his or her class in overall academic standing
- Recommended by the Senior Army Instructor and principal or head of the appropriate institution

The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US military bases across the world. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later expanded under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act

Reverse of medal with some scuff marks

Condition: About GVF

Code: 23652