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The Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal also known as the Department of Transportation Gold Medal is the highest honorary award of the United States Department of Transportation.
| Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal | |
|---|---|
 Ribbon of the award | |
| Type | Honorary award |
| Awarded for | Outstanding leadership and distinguished contributions of major significance |
| Country |  United States |
| Presented by | the United States Department of Transportation |
| Eligibility | Department of Transportation civilian employees, formerly to US Coast Guard personnel. |
 The related Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award, a unit level award of the medal | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Silver Star[1] |
| Next (lower) | Defense Superior Service Medal[1] |
The medal is 1 3/8 inches in diameter, made of gold plated red brass. The obverse depicts a triskelion superimposed over a graticule surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse bears the words, in relief, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION arched above with the incuse inscription OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT on a scroll below. In the middle are the words AWARDED TO with a space to engrave the recipient's name.[2] The medal is suspended from a ribbon 1 3/8 inches wide made up of a mirrored pattern with a center stripe of old glory blue, a stripe of white with a thin stripes of paprika and black, followed by another stripe of white next to a thin stripe of black with an edge stripe of paprika.[3]
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