Buy California National Guard Medal of Valor Ribbon

The California National Guard Medal of Valor honors California National Guard members who demonstrate heroic acts or feats of bravery exceeding expectations and typically involving the risk of life.

At nearly 23,000 members, the California National Guard is the largest in the country; it is made up of the California Army National Guard and California Air National Guard. The Army component dates back to the 1849 founding of a state militia, then called the First California Guard; the Air component, based in Sacramento, traces its roots back to August of 1917 when the 115th Aero Squadron was formed to support the United States’ efforts in World War I.

The medal is gold and in the shape of an eight-pointed star with a cross in the center ringed by a blue circle; the cross reads “FOR VALOR.” The ribbon features a broad red central section flanked by a thin vertical dark blue stripe, a thicker yellow stripe, and dark blue edging proceeding outward.

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