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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military award → military decoration →
associatedWith	U.S. Army citations for gallantry →
awardedFor	gallantry in action → heroism in combat →
awardingAuthority	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 → officers of the United States Army →
era	World War I →
establishedBy	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 Theater of World War I →
transformedInto	full-sized medal (Silver Star) →
wornOn	World War I campaign medal ribbon → service ribbon →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Silver Star →	establishedFrom
Silver Star Medal →	initialForm
Silver Star Medal ("silver star device (Citation Star)") →	namedAfter
Silver Star →	originalForm
Silver Star Medal →	precededBy