This coin was awarded by Lieutenant General John N. Abrams, while serving as Commanding General, V Corps from April 6, 1995 through July 31, 1997.

LTG Abrams was designated acting Deputy Commander-in-Chief (DCINC), USAREUR-Forward), with duty in Taszar, Hungary, in charge of the National Support Element (NSE) and the Intermediate Staging Base (ISB), Bosnia during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR.  He also retained command of V Corps and responsibility for V Corps non-deploying units and rear-detachments of deployed units, as well as residual NATO and USEUCOM missions, from and in Central Region.