Historical clue formulations

• Olympics reward — 2025-11-03
• Award you can wear — 2025-07-01
• An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of it — 2025-04-25
• Gold, silver or bronze — 2024-12-31
• Purple Heart, e.g. — 2021-05-10
• Make it to the podium — 2020-02-02
• Finish in the top three, in the Olympics — 2017-04-10
• Olympics success — 2017-04-06
• Gold ___ flour — 2016-08-29
• Finish better than fourth — 2016-05-21
• Olympian's achievement — 2016-04-05
• Make the podium — 2015-03-29
• It's an honor — 2015-03-06
• Place first, second or third, say — 2015-02-01
• Cross you wouldn't mind bearing? — 2014-08-16
• Uniform decoration — 2012-10-17
• There might be one on a hero — 2012-06-22
• Ceremonial presentation — 2011-02-17
• ___ ceremony — 2009-04-16
• Olympics prize — 2008-02-12
• Get bronze, say — 2007-12-15
• Cross, maybe — 2007-01-07
• Chest adornment — 2005-02-23
• Olympic award — 2003-12-22
• Hero's pride — 2003-11-16
• Cross, maybe — 2002-01-13
• Olympian's quest — 2002-01-08
• Olympic success — 1999-01-21
• Cross, of a sort — 1998-06-14
• Olympian's prize — 1996-11-04
• Take first, second or third, in the Olympics — 1996-08-15
• Veteran's pride — 1996-06-03
• Silver Star, e.g. — 1994-09-28
• Purple Heart, e.g. — 1994-01-13