The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal is a campaign medal of the United States Navy which was authorized by an act of the United States Congress on 8 November 1929. The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal was awarded for service during operations in Nicaragua from 1926 to 1933, during the Nicaraguan Civil War and the subsequent occupation. An earlier campaign medal, the Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, was awarded for service in Nicaragua in 1912.
History The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal was created by General Order 197 of the Navy Department and approved by Congress to recognize participation by Navy and Marine Corps personnel in naval operations at Nicaragua between 27 August 1926 and 2 January 1933.
Appearance The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal appeared as a medal suspended from a red ribbon with several white stripes. The medal depicts a woman (representing Columbia), armed with a sword, defending two other figures with a cloak. The medal bore the words Second Nicaraguan Campaign along the top with the dates 1926 – 1930 displayed on the medal's bottom, although the medal was authorized until 1933.
Criteria To be awarded the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, a service member must have either served ashore during the specified period or on a United States ship, or as an embarked Marine, in the waters or land territory of Nicaragua during the aforementioned dates.
The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal was considered a separate award from the first version of the medal and Navy regulations permitted the receipt and wear of both medals, if so authorized. Rear Admiral W. H. H. Southerland, who had been in overall command of both Nicaraguan campaigns, was the first recipient of both versions of the Nicaraguan Campaign Medal.
No ribbon attachments or devices were authorized.
Eligible ships The crews of the following ships were awarded the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal for service during the noted periods of time: Ship Dates Ship Dates 5–12 August 192926 December 19297-9 February 193031 January-3 March 193113 May-17 June 1931 26 April-4 June 1927 10 January 2713-31 January 1927 19–30 December 19262-9 January 1927 9–18 January 192724 January-15 March 1927 18–21 December 1926 11 Jan 192714-27 January 1927 18 February-21 March 1927 12 December 1926 – 17 January 192721 January-22 March 192728 March-24 May 192720 May-7 June 192718 June 1927 – 21 July 19274-24 August 192716-19 September 192723 September-1 October 192711-14 October 192728 October-20 November 192724 March-24 April 192829 April 192815 May-14 June 192811 July 192823-26 July 192831 July 1928 – 8 August 192825 August 1928 – 22 September 19284-15 October 192820 October 19283-8 November 192819-21 May 192927 June-2 August 1929 18 September 192625 September-16 November 192627 November 1926-13 January 192717 January-20 March 192726 March-30 May 19272-29 June 192715 July-13 August 192724 August-6 September 192729 December 1927-12 January 192821-22 January 192829 January-19 February 19285-28 March 19289 April-15 May 192817 June-22 July 19288-12 August 192825-28 August 19286-14 December 19281-4 January 192916-21 January 192911-14 April 19299 August 192916 August-30 September 192927-28 November 192929 March-31 May 193022 April-7 May 19305 September-10 October 1930 23 March-17 April 1927 9 January 192717-27 January 192731 January-3 February 19277-13 February 1927 24 April-19 May 192723 May-12 June 1927 27 August-1 November 192613 November-7 December 192610-27 December 19265 January-22 February 19274 March-20 April 192730 Apr 27-18 Jun 2726 Sep 27-13 Oct 276 Nov 27-20 Nov 272 Dec 27-30 Dec 278 Jan 28-23 Jan 2826 Feb 28-31 Mar 284 Apr 28-11 Apr 2830 Apr 2815 May 28-18 Jun 2826 Sep 28-19 Oct 282 Nov 28-15 Nov 2818 Feb 29-19 Feb 2918 Apr 29-19 Apr 292 Jun 29-27 Jun 292 Aug 29-04 Aug 295 Apr 30-22 Apr 30 25 September-7 October 192611-30 October 1926 15 January-11 February 1927 13–27 February 19273-21 March 1927 7–26 March 1927 21–22 November 1926 21 January-15 March 1927 19 March-4 April 192724 April 1927 13–27 June 1927 26 April-3 May 19277 May-9 June 1927 13–23 June 1927 13 February-11 March 192714-21 March 1927 23 June-10 July 192731 July 1927 11–29 January 1927 11–13 August 1927 19 March-8 April 192712-24 April 1927 25 June-18 July 1927 26 October-8 November 1932 26 Jun 279-20 July 1927 29 January-8 February 192711-15 February 192719 February-2 May 19272-4 June 19279-13 June 1927 30 July-13 August 1927 11–16 January 1927 30 August-13 September 1932 1–13 November 192616-19 November 192619-29 March 19273-24 April 1927 31 January-9 February 19328-11 April 193230 April 1932 29 April-10 May 192715 May-3 June 19277-13 June 1927 27 December 1927 – 31 January 19289-12 February 1927 5 February-23 March 1927 24 April-22 May 192726 May-12 June 1927 21 January-15 March 192712-25 June 192716 July-9 August 192731 August-6 October 192615 October-9 December 192622 December 1926-20 January 192727 January-1 February 192721-24 July 19272-5 August 192710-11 October 19276-7 November 19277 January-1 February 192816 February-15 March 192824 March-7 April 192828-31 May 192827-30 June 19288-18 July 192821 July-25 August 192822-27 September 192819 October-27 November 192831 December 1928-7 January 19294-11 February 192913-18 July 192925 November-19 December 19299 October-16 November 19303-14 April 1931 16–27 March 19292-4 June 192922-24 September 192914-24 March 19303-31 January 193117 April-13 May 193114 August-11 September 1931 18 June-17 July 192723-26 July 1927 2–23 July 1927 25 June-9 July 192722 July-8 August 27 12–25 June 192716 July-9 August 1927 19 September-4 October 1932 25–30 September 19263 October-1 November 192611-16 January 1927 22 November-18 December 192615 March-26 April 1927 17 April-16 May 1927 29 August-28 September 19267-8 October 192612-16 October 19261 November-14 December 19263 March-30 April 19267 May-19 July 192713 August-24 September 192714 October-7 November 192730 November-20 December 19276 Jan-16 February 192810 March 192814 June-2 July 19287-11 July 192821-25 July 19287-21 August 192831 August-16 September 192828 September-4 October 192818 November-9 December 1928 22 Nov 265-7 December 19269-19 December 192615 March-27 April 1927 30 January-9 February 1932 15–29 January 19272-18 February 1927 27 June-16 July 1927 12–18 June 19278 July-5 August 1927
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