Talk:Cold War Victory Medal

message: The image caption is wrong because it states that the Department of Defense awards the medal. If this is not an DoD approved medal, the DoD can't issue it. The aritcle also states that this is a private medal and is not authroized for wearing on any military uniform. Please fix the caption to correctly insure the right message is sent.
Regards,
Mike Surles  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.191.20.74 (talk) 18:46, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The image caption is wrong

message: Messages have begun to come out that this now an official medal.  NPRC was directed a few weeks ago to begin preparing procedures for issuing the medal to all veterans who served from the 1940s to the end of the Cold War.  Guess the article will need some updating... -OberRanks (talk) 02:57, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Official Medal

message: The intro states "In the medal's unofficial capacity it can be purchased, but not worn in uniform, by any member of the United States military, or civilian employees of the federal government, who served in their positions honorably during the years of the Cold War, specifically September 2, 1945 to December 26, 1991."
The medal can be purchased by anyone http://www.foxfall.com/cwm.htm
According to a link in the article, Navy on Cold War Medal "The Department of Defense will not be creating a Cold War Service medal, and commemorative medals being sold by private vendors are not authorized for wear on military uniforms"
This means what it says. It is not an "unoffical military medal of the United States" (what does that even mean?), it is a privately made medal disavowed by the Department of Defense.
If it has been adopted by the National Guard of Louisiana and Alaska, fine. But call it what it is, a privately made decoration adopted by those particular units, and adopted as a commemorative medal by a couple of veterans associations, not an "unofficial military medal of the United States". I think the article might be better served if the title of the article was about the overall attempts to get a Cold War medal established, rather than this specific medal, which as it stands now is a souvenir as far as the Department of Defense is concerned.--Nyctc7 (talk) 17:00, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah, it's not even the only version out there marketed as a "Cold War Medal" Gecko G (talk) 08:28, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The medal was designed by TIOH as the Cold War Victory Medal, so the article title is proper. As noted in the content, the medal has not been approved for DoD use, but there have been several bills put forth before Congress. Instead of unofficial, I would recommend not been approved for use by the Department of Defense. --  Gadget850 talk 19:31, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Unofficial Military Medal of the United States" 

message: I mean, seriously, the voting records broken down by whether the legislator is still in office??
This article needs to be stripped down to the bare facts.71.126.150.116 (talk) 01:49, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article reads as a long advertisement and call to lobbying for this medal 

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message: The "Cold War Victory Medal" is absolutely NOT recognized by the State of Texas.  The Texas Adjutant General's Department (which oversees the Army and Air National Guards, as well as the Texas State Guard), has issued its OWN medal, the Texas Cold War Service medal.  Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not allow posting of  images by non-Wikipedia staff, so an image of the Texas Cold War Service medal is not available.(Texas Cold War Medal). TexasSarge (talk) 08:25, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Texas Cold War Medal 

message: Bills introduced in the House of Representatives need to be updated. 172.58.108.66 (talk) 03:42, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cold War Service Medal Act