An International Award
Not only did the United States issue a Victory Medal, but so did a significant number of Allied and associated countries involved in the conflict against the Dual Alliance between Austria and Germany.
The proposition of such a common award was first made by French Maréchal Ferdinand Foch who was supreme commander of the Allied Forces during the First World War. Each medal in bronze has the same diameter (36 mm) and ribbon (double rainbow), but with a national design representing a winged victory.
| Country | Designer | Manufacturer | Number issued |
| Belgium | Paul Du Bois (1859–1938) | ----- | 300,000 – 350,000 |
| Brazil | Jorge Soubre (1890–1934) |
|
approximately 2,500 |
| Cuba | Charles Charles |
|
6,000 – 7,000 |
| Czechoslovakia | Otakar Španiel (1881–1955) |
|
approximately 89,500 |
| France | Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878–1951) |
|
approximately 2,000,000 |
| France | Charles Charles |
|
----- |
| France |
|
----- | ----- |
| Great Britain | William McMillan (1887–1977) |
|
6,334,522 plus |
| Greece | Henry-Eugène Nocq (1868–1944) |
|
approximately 200,000 |
| Italy | Gaetano Orsolini (1884–1954) |
|
approximately 2,000,000 |
| Japan | Masakishi Hata |
|
approximately 700,000 |
| Poland | .... Vlaitov |
|
----- |
| Portugal | João Da Silva (1880–1960) |
|
approximately 100,000 |
| Rumania | .... Kristesko | ----- | approximately 300,000 |
| Siam (Thailand) | Itthithepsan Kritakara (1890–1935) | ----- | approximately 1,500 |
| South Africa | William McMillan (1887–1977) |
|
approximately 75,000 |
| United States | James Earle Fraser (1876–1953) |
|
approximately 2,500,000 |
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