(in the US) an attachment to a military decoration representing a twig with oak leaves and acorns, indicating distinguished action or a subsequent award of the same decoration.
Example sentencesExamples
During his combat career, Conroy had accumulated the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart, and other awards.
If the wearer has oak leaf clusters, the A goes to the wearer's right of the clusters.
Subsequent awards will be denoted by oak leaf clusters.
And Lt. Colonel Theodore Kalakula was awarded the Silver Star and two oak leaf clusters for saving medical supplies during a Japanese air raid and for his attack against the Japanese after the company commander had been wounded.
And I got a good combat medal with an oak leaf cluster.
Definition of oak leaf cluster in US English:
oak leaf cluster
noun
An attachment to a military decoration depicting a twig with oak leaves and acorns, indicating distinguished action or a subsequent award of the same decoration.
Example sentencesExamples
If the wearer has oak leaf clusters, the A goes to the wearer's right of the clusters.
And Lt. Colonel Theodore Kalakula was awarded the Silver Star and two oak leaf clusters for saving medical supplies during a Japanese air raid and for his attack against the Japanese after the company commander had been wounded.
During his combat career, Conroy had accumulated the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart, and other awards.
Subsequent awards will be denoted by oak leaf clusters.
And I got a good combat medal with an oak leaf cluster.