Germany clasp, for those service members who performed 92 consecutive days of military duty during the Berlin Airlift in 1948 and 1949, the Berlin Airlift Device is authorized as a device to the Army of Occupation Medal. (If further eligible, persons could also be awarded the Medal for Humane Action.) Germany clasp Germany (9 May 1945 to 5 May 1955) Austria (9 May 1945 to 27 July 1955) Italy (9 May 1945 to 15 September 1947) West Berlin (9 May 1945 to 2 October 1990) Japan clasp Japan (3 September 1945 to 27 April 1952) Korea (3 September 1945 to 29 June 1949) Appearance The medal is bronze measuring 1.25 inches across. On the obverse, are the abutments of the Remagen Bridge with the words "ARMY OF OCCUPATION" inscribed above. On the reverse, is Mount Fuji with a low-hanging cloud over two Japanese junks above a wave and the inscribed date "1945". A bronze clasp 0.125 inches wide and 1.5 inches in length with the word "GERMANY" or "JAPAN" is worn on the suspension ribbon of the medal to indicate service in Europe or the Far East. The ribbon is 1.375 inches wide with two thin white stripes at the edges and two thicker stripes in the middle, the first being black and the second in scarlet. A myth was that if a soldier served in Germany the ribbon's black band was worn to his right and if in Japan the red was to his right. The only approved display was for the black band to be to the wearer's right. References External links US Army of Occupation medal with bar Germany, Hoover Institution Library & Archives 1946 establishments in the United States 1990 disestablishments in the United States Aftermath of World War II Awards established in 1946 Awards disestablished in 1990 United States service medals