Texas Faithful Service Medal

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|name= Texas Faithful Service Medal

|image=Texas Faithful Service Medal..svg

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|presenter= Texas Military Department

|type= Military award

|eligibility=Texas Military Forces

|awarded_for= Service

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|status= Currently issued

|description= The ribbon drape is of red, old gold, and blue stripes. The medal is bronze with an emblem with crossed olive and live oak branches and the words "Faithful Service" and "Texas National Guard" on the obverse. The reverse contains the Coat of Arms of Texas and the words "Texas National Guard" and "For Service".

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|established=March 20, 1930

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|higher=Texas Cold War Medal

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|image2=200px

|caption2=Texas Faithful Service Medal medal ribbon

|lower= Texas Service Medal

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The Texas Faithful Service Medal is a campaign/service award of the Texas Military Department that may be issued to a service member of the Texas Military Forces.{{Cite web|url=https://tmd.texas.gov/texas-military-department-state-awards|title=State Awards|last=|first=|date=|website=TMD|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Subsequent awards are denoted by a cactus device.{{Cite web|url=https://tmd.texas.gov/Data/Sites/1/media/recruitment/documents/jftx_reg_1-07_state_military_awards_01aug2009.pdf|title=JFTX 1-07|last=|first=|date=August 1, 2009|website=TMD|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Issuance of the Texas Faithful Service Medal requires authorization by the Texas State Guard Commanding General or a Texas National Guard Lieutenant Colonel, and presentation to the awardee by the next higher level of command.