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Excellent Police Duty

EXCELLENT POLICE DUTY-(a) An intelligent act materially contributing  to a Police accomplishment, OR (b) Submission of a device or method adopted to inprove efficiency in an administrative or tactical procedure. Two fields of green and white.

Meritorius Police Duty

MERITORIOUS POLICE DUTY-Awarded for: An act of intelligent and valuable Police Service demonstrating special faithfulness or perserverance, OR (b) highly creditable acts of Police Service over time. Three fields of green white and blue.

Commendation (Bronze Star)

COMMENDATION-Awarded for an act involving a) Grave personal danger OR (b) A highly creditable or unusual Police Accomplishment.

Exceptional Merit (Green Star)

EXCEPTIONAL MERIT-Awarded for an act of bravery, intelligently performed, involving personal risk to life

Honorable Mention (Silver Star)

HONORABLE MENTION-Awarded for an act of extroadinary bravery, intelligently performed, in The Line Of Duty at imminent and personal danger to life. This award is three color fields, green, white and blue and dressed with a silver star.

Medal for Valor

MEDAL FOR VALOR-Awarded for an act of outstanding personal bravery intelligently performed in the Line of Duty at imminent personal hazard to life under circumstances evincing a disregard for personal consequences. Dark blue plain citation

Police Combat Cross

POLICE COMBAT CROSS-Awarded for the successful performance of an act of extordinary heroism while engaged in personal combat with an armed adversary with imminent personal hazard to life in the intelligent performance of duty. (Green plain Citation)

New York City Police Department's Medal of Honor

DEPARTMENT MEDAL OF HONOR-Awarded annually to a member of the service who intelligently in the performance of Police Duty distinguished himself/  herself by the performance of an act of Bravery and Valor, at imminent personal hazard to life, with knowledge of the risk, above and beyond the call of duty. (Green citatation with 12 gold stars)

Other Awards:

Unit Citation

AWARDED TO A SPECIFIC UNIT OR PRECINCT FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PURPLE SHIELD MEDAL-Awarded to Members of The Service who have sustained extremely serious physical injury or death permenant disfigurement, permanent impairment of health or protracted or permanent impairment of any bodily function. This is one you really don't want.

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Very nice! Keep it going, you got my vote for Chief!   

Thanks, always whay they were. Seen them many times but did not have the whole list.