Offered for auction is a nice, original, and not that easy to find boxed European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal in the original box, complete with ribbon bar. Great 100% original award in good condition for its age; it has a nice age tarnish, the box is also in nice condition. See all photos for an important personal impression, as they are part of the description. Great medal for your WW2 collection! History of the medal The European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942, by Executive Order 9265 issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The medal was intended to recognize those military service members who had performed military duty in the European Theater (including North Africa and the Middle East) during the years of the Second World War. History The EAME Campaign Medal was initially established by Executive Order 9265, dated November 6, 1942, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and announced in War Department Bulletin 56, 1942. The European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded as a service ribbon throughout the entire Second World War because the ribbon design was approved by the Secretary of War in December 1942. The medal design was submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts on September 17, 1946, and the first sample was completed in July 1947. The first recipient of the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was Army General Dwight Eisenhower on July 24, 1947, in recognition of his service as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II. The criteria were initially announced in Department of the Army (DA) Circular 84, dated 25 March 1948, and subsequently published in Army Regulation 600–65, dated 22 September 1948. The Pacific Theater counterpart to the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal.