Talk:Oak leaf cluster

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Made a few (fairly minor in view) changes to widen the scope of the article. The lead implied that usage as a repeat award indicator is not confiend to the US, but the rest of the article is entirely focused on the US military. Does anyone have any examples of other countries that use it in much the same way, particularly of any that do actually use a gold oak leaf, which is mentioned, and then it is said that the US doesn't actually use this form.

Also mentioned British/Commonwealth usage of a bronxe oak leaf as an award in its own right by linking to the mentioned in dispatches article. If anyone thinks that this is inappropriate, please could we discuss it here rather than just removing it. David Underdown 12:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

yes a very US focused article despite the fact that use of the oak leaf began and is more widely used in the british army.

but British usage is only a of a single Oak-leaf, which is descriebd in a different article, this is about the specific US usage to mark multiple awards (so more equivalnet to the British "bar" to an award than directly comparable to MiD)