W ORLD WAR II UNITED STATES NAVY & MARINE CORPS HEROISM MEDAL, W/ FULL WRAP BROOCH. RE-RIBBONED DRAPE TESTED U. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is the highest non-combat decoration awarded for heroism by the United States Department of the Navy to the members of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The medal was established by an act of Congress on 7 August 1942. As the senior non-combat award for heroism, this award hinges on the actual level of personal “life threatening” risk experienced by the awardee. For heroic performance to rise to this level it must be clearly established that the act involved very specific life-threatening risk to the awardee. During the mid-20th century, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal has been awarded instead of the Silver or Gold Lifesaving Medal, for sea rescues involving risk to life. This is due primarily to the creation of a variety of additional military decorations that are often considered more prestigious than the Lifesaving Medal. Please let me know if there’s anything else I can do for you! The item “WWII U. S. NAVY & MARINE CORPS HEROISM MEDAL FULL WRAP BROOCH U. S. MINT WW2″ is in sale since Friday, May 24, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Medals & Ribbons”. The seller is “medal_mulisha_store” and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.