Navy Commendation Star
The Navy also authorized a 3/16" silver star for those individuals commended by the Secretary of the Navy named the Navy Commendation Star (Navy Letter of Commendation Star) which also was to be placed on the World War I Victory Medal for each citation. The two silver star devices were not considered equivalent, however, and the Navy Commendation Star could not be converted to the Silver Star Medal.
At the start of the Second World War, the Navy Commendation Star was declared obsolete and none were issued between 1941 and 1945. Starting in the 1950s, the Department of the Navy began accepting applications from eligible World War I veterans who were authorized the Navy Commendation Star to be reissued the Navy Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant which was later renamed the Navy Commendation Medal (Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, 1994) in 1960.
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