Question: What service is disputed of the Tiffany Cross recipient who claimed to have reached the North Pole ?

text: Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor
Recipients -- List

The Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor arose immediately after World War I, as the US Navy decided to recognize via the Medal of Honor two manners of heroism, one in combat and one in the line of a sailor's profession. The original upside-down star was designated as the non-combat version and a new pattern of the medal pendant, in cross form, was designed by the Tiffany Company in 1919. It was to be presented to a sailor or Marine who in action involving actual conflict with the enemy, distinguish[es] himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty and without detriment to his mission. This pendant became the Tiffany Cross.
Name Service Date of action Combat Action
Osmond K. Ingram † Navy 15 October 1917 Yes Ingram was killed while attempting to release depth charges in the face of an oncoming torpedo . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . His action meets the actual conflict criterion . Osmond K. Ingram 's Tiffany Cross medal , and other military decorations , are part of the collection of the Birmingham , AL Museum of Art
Alexander G. Lyle Navy , Dental Corps 23 April 1918 Yes Lyle exposed himself to hostile fire to treat a wounded man . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . He has a museum display , and meets the actual conflict criterion . There is a photo of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross
Daniel A. J. Sullivan Naval Reserve 21 May 1918 Yes Sullivan secured a group of live depth charges . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . He meets the actual conflict criterion
Edouard V. M. Izac Navy 21 May 1918 Yes Izac gathered intelligence while a prisoner of war ; he then escaped and brought the information to the Allies . There is a photograph of his medal 's engraving
Ernest A. Janson Marine Corps 6 June 1918 Yes Janson single-handedly attacked and dispersed a machine gun detachment . He meets the actual conflict criterion . Janson also received the Army version of the Medal of Honor for the same action . There is a photograph of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross
Weedon E. Osborne † Navy , Dental Corps 6 June 1918 Yes Osborne was killed while rescuing wounded men from under heavy fire . There is a museum display of his medal . The Tiffany Cross medal recovered by the FBI is clearly a replica Tiffany Cross ( the casting is poor quality and the engraving is the incorrect style )
Orlando H. Petty Naval Reserve , Medical Corps 11 June 1918 Yes Petty tended the wounded despite artillery and gas attacks , even after his gas mask was rendered useless . There is a photograph of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross
Louis Cukela Marine Corps 18 July 1918 Yes Cukela single-handedly attacked and captured a German strongpoint . There is a photograph of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross
Matej Kocak † Marine Corps 18 July 1918 Yes Kocak single-handedly silenced a machine gun nest and led a successful attack on a second nest . He meets the actual conflict criterion
Joel T. Boone Navy , Medical Corps 19 July 1918 Yes Boone exposed himself to intense fire in order to treat the wounded and bring in supplies . There is a photograph of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross
Charles H. Hammann Navy 21 August 1918 Yes Hammann escued a fellow pilot who had been shot down . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . He meets the actual conflict criterion
David E. Hayden Navy 15 September 1918 Yes Hayden reached a wounded man , treated him , and carried him to safety despite intense fire . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . There is a museum display of his medal , and he meets the actual conflict criterion
John J. Kelly Marine Corps 3 October 1918 Yes Kelly single-handedly attacked a machine gun nest under an artillery barrage . There is a painting of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross , and there is a museum display of his medal
John H. Pruitt † Marine Corps 3 October 1918 Yes Pruitt single-handedly captured two machine guns and forty prisoners . There is a museum display of his medal , and he meets the actual conflict criterion
James J. Madison Naval Reserve 4 October 1918 Yes Madison continued to lead his ship after being severely wounded during a U-boat attack . There is a photograph of the recipient wearing his Tiffany Cross
John H. Balch Naval Reserve 5 October 1918 Yes Balch exposed himself to intense fire in order to treat the wounded and establish a dressing station . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . He has a museum display of his medal , and he meets the actual conflict criterion
Robert G. Robinson Marine Corps 14 October 1918 Yes Robinson continued to fire his weapon after being severely wounded in an aerial battle against twelve German planes . There is a photograph of his medal 's engraving , and museum display of the medal
Ralph Talbot † Marine Corps 14 October 1918 Yes Talbot , with gunner Robert G. Robinson , shot down one plane in an aerial battle against twelve German aircraft . He is one of thirteen recipients receiving the Tiffany Cross from a single Department of the Navy announcement issued 11 November 1920 , many of whom present photographic evidence . There is a museum display of his medal , and he meets the actual conflict criterion
John O. Siegel Navy 1 November 1918 No Seigel rescued two men from a burning vessel before being trapped and collapsing from the smoke . There is a museum display of his medal
Floyd Bennett Navy 9 May 1926 No Bennett 's award is for his part in what was thought to be the first successful heavier-than-air flight to the North Pole and back . There is a photograph of the recipient receiving his medal