Citation Star

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United States military award military decoration

The Citation Star was a U.S. Army World War I-era decoration for gallantry that later served as the basis for creating the Silver Star medal.

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Label	Occurrences
Citation Star canonical	4
silver star device (Citation Star)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
associatedWith	United States awards and decorations ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army citations for gallantry
awardedFor	gallantry in action ⓘ heroism in combat ⓘ
awardingAuthority	United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: War Department of the United States
basisOfDesignFor	Silver Star Medal ⓘ
branch	United States Army ⓘ
classification	personal military decoration ⓘ
color	silver ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
convertedTo	Silver Star Medal ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decorationType	device attached to ribbon ⓘ
eligibility	enlisted soldiers of the United States Army ⓘ members of the United States Army ⓘ U.S. Army officers ⓘ surface form: officers of the United States Army
era	World War I ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army United States Congress ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	World War I era ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early U.S. Army gallantry decoration ⓘ
material	silver star device ⓘ
precededBy	no separate U.S. Army gallantry decoration for enlisted soldiers in World War I ⓘ
relativeRank	predecessor to Silver Star ⓘ
servedAsBasisFor	Silver Star ⓘ
shape	five-pointed star ⓘ
status	obsolete decoration ⓘ
succeededBy	Silver Star Medal ⓘ
theater	European theatre of World War I ⓘ surface form: European Theater of World War I
transformedInto	full-sized medal (Silver Star) ⓘ
wornOn	World War I campaign medal ribbon ⓘ service ribbon ⓘ

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