Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor
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The Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor arose immediately after World War I, as the U.S. Navy decided to recognize via the Medal of Honor two manners of heroism, one in combat and one in the line of a sailor
1919–1942 Navy "Tiffany Cross" pattern
Details of the Tiffany Cross
Osmond Ingram
Lyle 1 Tiffany MOH
Richard E. Byrd
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Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leade
Tiffany Cross Medal of Honor
…6 April 1917, when the United States entered World War I. Despite the "actual conflict" guidelines, the Tiffany Cross was awarded to Floyd Bennett and Richard Byrd for arctic exploration, and to John Siegel for a rescue at sea. In the words of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, the Tiffany Cross Program was…
Byrd in 1928
Richard Byrd in flight jacket, 1920s
The Fokker F.VII of Byrd and Bennett in flight
The Fokker FVIIa/3M – Josephine Ford, on display at The Henry Ford Museum