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Medal of Honor

What words appear on the Medal of Honor’s suspension bar?

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Curie, Marie and Pierre; medal — medal Pierre and Marie Curie depicted on the obverse of a medal from the Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum (International Union Against Cancer) commemorating the Curies' discovery of radium in 1898.

The word that appears on the suspension bar of the Army and Air Force versions of the Medal of Honor is "Valor."1