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Good Conduct Medal |
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A Good Conduct Loop is an award of the United States Army which denotes
additional decorations of the Army Good Conduct Medal. Good Conduct Loops
were first created in 1941 and were based on the concept of the enlistment bar.
Good Conduct Loops have remained the primary method of displaying multiple
bestowals of the Army Good Conduct Medal.
Good Conduct Loops are attached to the ribbon and medal of the Good Conduct
Medal. A Good Conduct Loop comprises a clasp with several inscribed loops. The
second award of a Good Conduct Medal would display a bronze clasp with two
loops, the third would show a bronze clasp with three loops, and so on. At six
loops, the clasp changes to silver, and then at eleveen loops the clasp changes to
gold. Thus, a silver loop with two knots would denote the seventh award of the
Good Conduct Medal while a gold loop with four knots would indicate the
fourteenth award of the Good Conduct Medal.
The Army Good Conduct Medal is the only one of the service Good Conduct
awards which uses Good Conduct Loops.
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