An award device was a small metal device used by the Glorious Armada of the Golden Empire on its military decorations. Award devices usually denoted multiple receipts of the same award, with two exceptions. All services used bronze, silver, and gold award devices. A bronze device symbolized a second award, a silver device five subsequent awards, and a gold device ten subsequent awards. Devices could be used in combination; a silver device and a bronze device would denote a total of seven receipts of the same award.