| Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal | |
|---|---|
 Ribbon of the award | |
| Awarded by the United States Department of Transportation | |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Honorary award |
| Eligibility | Department of Transportation civilian employees, formerly to US Coast Guard personnel. |
| Awarded for | Outstanding leadership and distinguished contributions of major significance |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Silver Star[1] |
| Next (lower) | Defense Superior Service Medal[1] |
 The related Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award, a unit level award of the medal | |
The Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal also known as the Department of Transportation Gold Medal is the highest honorary award of the United States Department of Transportation.
Appearance[]
The medal is 1 3/8 inches in diameter, made of gold plated red brass. The obverse depicts a triskelion superimposed over a graticule surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse bears the words, in relief, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION arched above with the incuse inscription OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT on a scroll below. In the middle are the words AWARDED TO with a space to engrave the recipient's name.[2] The medal is suspended from a ribbon 1 3/8 inches wide made up of a mirrored pattern with a center stripe of old glory blue, a stripe of white with a thin stripes of paprika and black, followed by another stripe of white next a thin stripe of black with and edge stripe of paprika.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ribbon Order of Precedence". Medals and Awards Program. Personnel Managment, CG-12. United States Coast Guard. http://www.uscg.mil/HR/cg122/PolicyStandards/medals/docs/Order_of_Precedence.pdf. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Decoration, Outstanding Achievement Award (Gold Medal), Department of Transportation". assistdocs.com. US Department of Defense. http://www.assistdocs.com/search/document_details.cfm?ident_number=4658&StartRow=1&PaginatorPageNumber=1&all_words_string=TRANSPORTATION%20GOLD&search_method=CONTENT. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Decoration, Outstanding Achievement Award (Gold Medal), Department of Transportation". assistdocs.com. US Department of Defense. http://www.assistdocs.com/search/document_details.cfm?ident_number=9081&StartRow=1&PaginatorPageNumber=1&all_words_string=TRANSPORTATION%20GOLD&search_method=CONTENT. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
External links[]
- COMDTINST M1650.25D Medals and Awards Manual page 22-1.
- COMDTINST M12451.1B Coast Guard Civilian Awards Manual, page 3-1.
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