The graphic is a representation of an award or decoration of the United States military. It is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from a U.S. military award. As a
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U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.
The Army Wound Ribbon was a short lived decoration of the United States Army which was created on
1917-09-06 to recognize those soldiers who had received combat wounds during the First World War. The Wound Ribbon was only issued until
1917-10-12 and the following year was replaced with the Wound Chevron.
The Army Wound Ribbon is considered a predecessor decoration to the Purple Heart.
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