The medallion of the Army Commendation Medal is a bronze hexagon, 1 inches wide. On the medallion is an American bald eagle with wings spread horizontally, grasping in its talons three crossed arrows. On its breast is a shield paly of thirteen pieces and a chief. The reverse bears a panel for naming between the words "FOR MILITARY" above and "MERIT" below, all placed above a laurel sprig. The ribbon is 1 inches wide primarily of myrtle green. It is edged in white and in the center are five thin white stripes spaced equally apart.