Editing Navy Commendation Star

{{Infobox military award 
|name=Navy Commendation Star
|image=Award-star-silver-3d.png
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|caption=Navy Commendation Star ({{frac|3|16}}") 
|presenter=the [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]]
|type=Personal Military Decoration
|eligibility=
|awarded_for=Commendable performance of duty
|status=No longer awarded
|established={{start date|1918|df=yes}}
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|image2=Citation Star-1.jpg
|caption2=[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal Ribbon]] with one Navy Commendation Star
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The '''Navy Commendation Star''' or '''Navy Letter of Commendation Star''' was a [[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]] personal military decoration issued as [[United States military award devices|ribbon device]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://foxfall.com/csm-common-wwv.htm|title=World War I Victory Medal|last=Foxfall|website=foxfall.com}}</ref> which was authorized in 1918 to be "placed" on the [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]. A {{frac|3|16}} inch silver star was issued to any service member of the Navy and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] who had been cited and commended by the Secretary of the Navy for performance of duty. Among the recipients of the Commendation Star was future Fleet Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]].

The Navy Commendation Star was placed on the suspension and service ribbon of the World War I Victory Medal, above all [[battle clasps]]. When the star was worn on the medal's service ribbon, the star was placed before all bronze [[service stars]]. The Navy Commendation Star was identical to the [[United States Army]] [[Citation Star]] which also was a {{frac|3|16}} inch silver star worn on the World War I Victory Medal to denote a soldier (or a marine or [[Hospital corpsman|Navy corpsman]] attached to the [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|Second Division]]), was cited for gallantry in action and awarded a citation. Unlike the Citation Star, however, the Navy Commendation Star could not be converted to the [[Silver Star Medal]] (1932).

At the start of the [[Second World War]], the Navy Commendation Star was declared obsolete and none were issued between 1941 and 1945. In the 1950s, the Department of the Navy began accepting applications from eligible World War I veterans authorized a Navy Commendation Star for conversion to the [[Navy Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant]], and in 1960, to the Navy Commendation Medal. In 1994, an authorized Navy Commendation Star could be exchanged for the [[Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal]].

==See also==
* [[United States military award devices]]
* [[Awards and decorations of the United States military]]

==References==
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[[Category:United States military award devices]]