SILVER STAR cap or shoulder patch. Very good quality embroidery, suitable for sewing on or ironing. 

The Silver Star Medal (SSM), is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest combat decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed Forces for gallantry in action: 

• While engaged in action against an enemy of the United States;
• While engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force;
• While serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party. 

Actions that merit the Silver Star must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations but do not merit award of the meet Medal of Honor or a Service Cross (Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the Air Force Cross).