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Medal of Honor (1982)

FORMAT: The center of the plate shall bear a golden bronze replica of the appropriate medal. The initials of each recipient shall be embossed to the left of the medal and the letters MOH (for Medal of Honor) shall be embossed to the right of the medal. This formatting differs somewhat from that spelled out in the vehicle code.

The plate shown here was issued to Gino J. Merli for his heroic efforts in World War II.

Look up Gino Merli and read his heroic account.

All above photos were taken by John Clark

Sample

Air Force Cross (2012)

FORMAT:

00000

A
C

to current high

Type added 11/4/12

from Tom Perri

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

A
C

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened AC suffix.

Bronze Star (2012)

FORMAT 1:

00000

B
Z

to current high

Type added 11/4/12

The Bronze Star Medal, unofficially the Bronze Star, is a United States decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

from Jordan Irazabal

from Tom Perri

from Ryan Battin

from Jim McDevitt

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

B
Z

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened BZ suffix.

from Arthur Levine

from Jeff Lawson

Bronze Star for Valor (2012)

FORMAT 1:

00000

B
V

to unknown high

Type added 11/4/12. The Bronze Star Medal, unofficially the Bronze Star, is a United States decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

Whenever the medal is awarded by the Army and Air Force for acts of valor in combat, the "V" Device is authorized for wear on the medal and whenever the medal is awarded by the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard for acts of valor or meritorious service in combat, the Combat "V" is authorized for wear on the medal.

from Bruce Bufalini

from Jordan Irazabal

and Tom Perri

from Arthur Levine

from Jaska Börner

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

B
V

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened BV suffix.

FORMAT 2:

00000

B
V

to current high

Removal of sticker well and addition of map outline. Format change added 2/18/18

from Ryan Battin

FORMAT 2A:

B
V

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened BV suffix.

Combat Action Badge (2014)

This series of Combat Action plates came about as a result of Act 109 of 2014.

FORMAT:

00000

C
O

to current high

Type added 11/2/14

from Nathan Krawzyk

from Bruce Bufalini

from Kyle Kuser

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

C
O

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

from Arthur Levine

from Tom Perri

Combat Action Medal (2014)

This series of Combat Action plates came about as a result of Act 109 of 2014.

FORMAT:

60000

C
O

to current high

Type added 11/2/14

from Tom Perri

and Jordan Irazabal

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

C
O

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

from Tom Perri

Combat Action Ribbon (2014)

This series of Combat Action plates came about as a result of Act 109 of 2014.

FORMAT:

40000

C
O

to current high

Type added 11/2/14

from Nick Tsilakis

from Steve Ondik

Image added

4/15

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

C
O

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

from Jordan Irazabal

Combat Infantryman Badge (2014)

This series of Combat Action plates came about as a result of Act 109 of 2014.

FORMAT 1:

20000

C
O

to unknown high

Type added 11/2/14

from Nick Tsilakis

from Jordan Irazabal

from Steve Ondik

Image added

4/1

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

C
O

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

FORMAT 2:

>20121

C
O

to current high

Removal of sticker well and addition of map outline. Format change added 11/19/17

from Tom Perri

FORMAT 2A:

C
O

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

Combat Medical Badge (2014)

This series of Combat Action plates came about as a result of Act 109 of 2014.

FORMAT:

80000

C
O

to current high

Type added 11/2/14

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

C
O

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

Combat Wounded Veteran (Purple Heart) (1986)

This plate version to the right has been replaced; however, the owner continues to use it with a current sticker.

from Nick Tsilakis

Yes

FORMAT:

P
H

00000 to current high

On visitPA base with screened image, P/H and Tag Line. First spotted 11/17/04.

Vehicle Code Reference

from Nick Tsilakis

from Jordan Irazabal

from Ryan Battin

from Tom Perri

and Jordan Irazabal

FORMAT:

P
H

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

from Chuck Harrington

Disabled Veteran (1976)

FORMAT 1: DV-0000 to DV-9999

PENNSYLVANIA on top; DISABLED VETERAN on bottom, condensed legend font, 2 sticker wells on top left and right.

Yes

FORMAT 2: DV-10000 to DV-21999, PENNSYLVANIA on top; DISABLED VETERAN on bottom, condensed legend font, 2 sticker wells on top left and right.

FORMAT 3: DV-22000 to DV-24999, PENNSYLVANIA on top; DISABLED VETERAN on bottom, condensed legend font, sticker well bottom left.

FORMAT 4: From DV-25000 to DV-27999, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom; DISABLED VETERAN on top, condensed legend font, sticker well bottom left.

FORMAT 5:

D
V

28000 to

D
V

28999

Stacked prefix, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom; DISABLED VETERAN on top, wide legend font, sticker well bottom left.

from Tom Perri

and Jordan Irazabal

FORMAT 6: DV-29000 to DV-34549 or below, PENNSYLVANIA on bottom DISABLED VETERAN on top, wide legend font, sticker well bottom left.

FORMAT 7 From DV-34549 or below to DV-34654 or above. Same as above except for a keystone separator in place of the normal dash separator.

from Ryan Battin

from Nick Tsilakis

FORMAT 8: From DV-34655 or above to DV-36749. Same as Format 6.

from Jordan Irazabal

from Ryan Battin

FORMAT 9: From DV-79000 and are issued in pairs.

Vehicle owners who have equipment on the rear of the vehicle for carrying a wheelchair or personal assistive device are authorized to be issued two plates since the assistive device and carrier may block visibility of the vehicle mounted plate.

While these plates have their own unique number series and are issued in pairs, the plates have the DV prefix flat screened as well as PENNSYLVANIA in dark blue on top and DISABLED VETERAN in red on bottom.

from Nick Tsilakis

FORMAT 10: DV- 0

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened DV- prefix. The plates have the DV prefix flat screened as well as PENNSYLVANIA in dark blue on top and DISABLED VETERAN in red on bottom.

from Brian Craig

from Bruce Bufalini

from Steve Ondik

FORMAT 10A: DV-36750 to to current high

Flat screened DV- prefix, plus PENNSYLVANIA in dark blue on top and DISABLED VETERAN in red on bottom.

from Nick Tsilakis

DV-37007

spotted by Nick Tsilakis 2/13/17

from Bruce Bufalini

Disabled Veteran, Severe Disability (1986)

The plate to the right is a bit of a mystery. The plate is obviously old, yet the number series is way too high for Disabled Veteran. My first guess is that it is an early issue of Severely Disabled Veteran.

The plate to the right is another example of the plate above. While this one is not current it is a better image and offers some indication of vintage.

Unknown format

Yes, as configured in Format 3C below

FORMAT 1:

D
V

80000 to

D
V

86999

PENNSYLVANIA on top and DISABLED VETERAN on bottom.

FORMAT 2:

D
V

87000 to

D
V

92699

DISABLES VETERAN on top and PENNSYLVANIA on bottom.

from Brendan Sherry

from Jordan Irazabal

FORMAT 3A:

D
V

92700 to current high

Flat screened PENNSYLVANIA on top and DISABLED VETERAN on bottom, wheelchair & stacked DV. First seen around 6/2013.

from Ryan Battin

from Bruce Bufalini

Image added 3/25

FORMAT 3B:

D
V

98000 to current high

Vehicle owners who have a device on the rear of the vehicle for carrying a wheelchair or personal assistive device are authorized to be issued two plates since the assistive device and carrier may block visibility of the vehicle mounted plate.

Image needed

FORMAT 3C:

D
V

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

from Ryan Battin

from Tom Perri

from Ron Lunn

from Bill Stephens

from Jordan Irazabal

from Brendan Sherry

from Arthur Levine

Disabled Veteran Motorcycle, Severe Disability

FORMAT: This plate uses the Veteran Motorcycle plate with a Person with Disability sticker.

Yes ($50)

Personalized

Distinguished Flying Cross (2012)

FORMAT:

00000

F
C

to current high

Type added 11/4/12

from Bill Ceravola

from Tom Perri

and Jordan Irazabal

from Jaska Börner

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

F
C

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened FC suffix.

Distinguished Service Cross (2012)

FORMAT:

20000

S
C

Type added 11/4/12

Image needed

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

S
C

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

Expeditionary Forces (1995)

FORMAT 1:

E
F

0000 to

E
F

0999

Base is white, EF stacked prefix, followed by 4 digit serial number followed by VETERAN stacked to the right all in blue, Expeditionary Forces along top in red, PENNSYLVANIA along bottom, and border all in red. Sticker well lower left.

Narrow separation between the prefix and the numbers. Changeover points are approximate.

from Colin M.

from Jordan Irazabal

FORMAT 2:

E
F

1000 to

E
F

1199

Same as above except wide separation between the prefix and the numbers. Changeover points are approximate.

from Jordan Irazabal

from Heather Butera-Howel

FORMAT 3:

E
F

1200 to

E
F

1999

Same as above except narrow separation between the prefix and the numbers. Changeover points are approximate

from Tom Perri

Reid Williamson

thru Jordan Irazabal

from Jordan Irazabal

from Tom Perri

FORMAT 4:

E
F

2000

New design 3/9/14. Same colors, all features are now flat screened except 4 digit number.

from Tom Perri

from Brendan Sherry

FORMAT 5:

E
F

2400? to current high

New design 12/14. VisitPA base, Expeditionary Forces medal on left, stacked EF prefix. Only 4 digit serial number is embossed. Bottom legend reads Expeditionary Forces Veteran.

from Ryan Battin

from Steve Ondik

Image added 3/11

Yes

FORMAT 5A:

E
F

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

FORMAT 6:

E
F

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted. No sticker well & no map outline.

from Nick Tsilakis

Gold Star Family (2006)

FORMAT:

S
F

0000 to current high

Type added 10/8/06

Plate was released early November 2006

from Jordan Irazabal

from Bill Ceravola

from Steve Ondik

Yes

FORMAT:

S
F

Personalized, up to 4 characters permitted.

from Tom Perri

from Jeff Lawson

Korean Defense Service Medal (2010)

FORMAT:

00000

K
D

to current high

Type added 7/10.

from Johnny Di Pasquale

from Tom Perri

from Ryan Battin

from Jerry McCoy

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

K
D

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

from Matt Boyer

Korean War Veteran (1993)

FORMAT:

K
V

00000

to current high

Vehicle Code Reference

from Jeff Lawson

Not yet available

Navy Cross (2012)

FORMAT:

10000

N
C

to current high

Type added 11/4/12

from Fred Monahan

from Tom Perri &

Jordan Irazabal

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

N
C

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran (2005)

FORMAT 1: 00001

E
F

to 00099

E
F

reserve issue

from Nick Tsilakis

Yes

FORMAT 1A: 00100

E
F

to current high,

general issue

Type added 7/17/05, moved to active 9/18/05

from Nick Tsilakis

from Ryan Battin

from Michael Sherry

from Jaska Börner

FORMAT 1B: 0

E
F

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

from Bruce Bufalini

Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran (2005)

FORMAT 1: 00001

I
F

to 00099

I
F

reserve issue

from Bruce Bufalini

from Eric Conner

Yes

FORMAT 1A: 00100

I
F

to current high,

general issue

Type added 7/17/05, moved to active 9/18/05

from Nick Tsilakis

from Ian Emmett

from Brendan Sherry

from Jordan Irazabal

from Steve Ondik

from Jordan Irazabal

Image added 2/25

FORMAT 1B: 0

I
F

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

from Ian Emmett

PA National Guard (2018)

FORMAT 1A: 90000

A
D

Type added 3/4/2018. Plates not in use yet

Plates not in use yet

Pearl Harbor Survivor (1990)

FORMAT:

P
H

0000 to current high

The plate with the P/H/S000 format is an unknown/unverified format.

Vehicle Code Reference

from Michael Wiener

from Tom Perri

Not yet available

Persian Gulf War Veteran (1993)

FORMAT 1:

P
G

00000 to ~

P
G

01270

This early edition was made with the logo inverted.

FORMAT 2:

P
G

01270 to

P
G

02999?

upright logo, plus some earlier plates that were replaced.

from Jeff Hinkle

from Brent W. Thompson

from Ryan Battin

FORMAT 3:

P
G

03000 to current high

Now on visitPA base, July 2015. South West Asia Service Medal on plate.

from Bruce Bufalini

from Nick Tsilakis

Yes

FORMAT 3A:

P
G

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

Prisoner of War (1982)
FORMAT 1: POW-000 to POW-999, two sticker wells at top. There may have been a run of these plates with the placement of PENNSYLVANIA and PRISONER OF WAR reversed.	from Steve Ondik	Note: Sample images do not necessarily correspond to the various formats.	Yes ($50)
FORMAT 2: 000-POW to 999-POW, two sticker wells.	from Michael Wiener
FORMAT 3: POW-A00 to POW-V67 or beyond.
FORMAT 4: POW-V68 or above to current high New design 8/11/13.	from Bruce Bufalini

Silver Star (2012)

FORMAT:

00000

S
I

Type added 11/4/12

from Tom Perri

from Jaska Börner

from Bruce Bufalini

Yes

FORMAT:

S
I

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Air Force (Active Duty)

FORMAT:

40011

A
D

to current high

Type added 2/5/17

Plates active ~ 5/2017

Image needed

Type active 5/2017

Yes

FORMAT:

A
D

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Air Force Veteran (2009)

FORMAT 1:

20000

A
F

to current high

Type added 11/19/09

Note, these plates are missing the words Air Force at the bottom of the logo.

from Tom Perri

from Angel Kisses

Yes

FORMAT:

A
F

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

from Arthur Levine

from Bruce Bufalini

from Jordan Irazabal and Tom Perri

U.S. Army (Active Duty)

FORMAT:

00001

A
D

to current high

Type added 2/5/17

Plates active ~ 5/2017

Image needed

Type active 5/2017

Yes

FORMAT:

A
D

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Army Veteran (2009)

FORMAT: 1A

10000

A
R

likely to

13700^A/_R

Type added 11/19/09

from Bill Ceravola

from Brendan Sherry

from Ryan Battin

from Tom Perri

Image added 3/13

Yes

FORMAT:

A
R

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

from Nick Tsilakis

from Jeff Lawson

from Ron Lunn

from Arthur Levine

Format: Likely from 13701^A/_R to current high

Format added 4/1/18

from Tom Perri

Image added 4/1

U.S. Coast Guard (Active Duty)

FORMAT:

80011

A
D

to current high

Type added 2/5/17

Plates active ~ 5/2017

Image needed

Yes

FORMAT:

A
D

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Coast Guard Veteran (2009)

FORMAT:

00000

C
G

to current high

Type added 11/19/09

from Jordan Irazabal

and Tom Perri

from Tom Perri

from Brendan Sherry

FORMAT 1A:

C
G

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

U.S. Marine Corps (Active Duty)

FORMAT:

60011

A
D

to current high

Type added 2/5/17

Plates active ~ 5/2017

from Jordan Irazabal

Image added 3/18

Yes

FORMAT:

A
D

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran (2009)

FORMAT:

10000

M
C

to current high

Type added 11/19/09

from Nick Tsilakis

from Brendan Sherry

from Ryan Battin

from Steve Ondik

Image added 2/18

Yes

FORMAT:

M
C

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

from Arthur Levine

Image added 2/18

U.S. Merchant Marine (2013)

FORMAT:

10000

M
M

to current high

Type added 4/28/13

Plates active ~ 6/2013

from Ed Pfaeffle

Yes

FORMAT:

M
M

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Military Airborne Units (2013)

FORMAT:

00000

M
A

to current high

Type added 4/28/13

from Michael Sherry

from Ryan Battin

Yes

FORMAT 1A:

M
A

Personalized

Personalized, up to 5 characters with flat screened CO suffix.

U.S. Navy (Active Duty) (2017)

FORMAT:

20011

A
D

to current high

Type added 2/5/17

Plates active ~ 5/2017

Yes

FORMAT:

A
D

Personalized

Up to 5 characters permitted

U.S. Navy Veteran (2009)

FORMAT 1:

10000

N
A

to current high

Type added 11/19/09

from Steve Ondik

from Ryan Battin

Yes

FORMAT 2:

N
A

Personalized, up to 5 characters permitted.

from Brendan Sherry

from Steve Ondik

from Jeff Lawson

Veteran (2005)

FORMAT 1:

00001

U
S

to 00099

U
S

reserve issue

Found this #1 image of a veteran plate on PA State Rep. Dick Stevenson's website. When this new series of plates came out, the first over-the-counter plates were issued with a 00100 U/S format. Now it has been confirmed that plates with numbers below 100 have been issued. I have emailed Rep. Stevenson requesting a clarification and received no response.