date of establishment when was this award established secnavinst h gives authorization as navy department general order no of january kerrigan says it was authorized on jan the article's infobox currently say's but gives no source i believe that's the date of the army of occupation medal's establishment i'm going to remove the bit for now it's possible one date was when the award was created and a later date is when the details and award criteria were hammered out but i don't know which is which