Editing Campaign streamer (section)

{{Short description|Streamers showing someone participated in a particular battle}}
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[[File:Parade 1894.JPG|thumb|''Parade in [[Lustgarten]] 9 February 1894'' by [[Carl Röchling]]; ribbons can be seen attached to the flag in the center.]]
[[File:Raven banner (Bayeux Tapestry).jpg|thumb|The war streamer (''guþfana genumen''), also cited in the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' and nowadays known as [[raven banner]], which appears on the [[Bayeux Tapestry]].]]

'''Campaign streamers''' are decorations attached to [[military flag]]s to recognize particular achievements or events of a [[military unit]] or service. Attached to the headpiece of the assigned flag, the streamer often is an inscribed [[ribbon]] with the name and date denoting participation in a particular battle, [[military campaign]], or theater of war; the ribbon's colors are chosen accordingly and frequently match an associated [[campaign medal]] or [[ribbon bar]]. They often are physical manifestations of [[battle honour]]s, though this does not mean all streamers are battle honours (for example, gala or parade streamers not connected to a battle). They should not be confused with a [[tassel]], which is usually purely decorative in nature.

The armed forces of Germany, the United States and others have engaged in awarding streamers.  Historically Prussia, Austria-Hungary and the Soviet Union have also used streamers in this manner.