Belgian Fourragere

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military decoration unit award

The Belgian Fourragere is a braided military award bestowed by Belgium to units that have been cited multiple times for exceptional bravery in combat, particularly during the World Wars.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Belgian Fourragere canonical 3
Belgian Fourragère 3
Belgian Fourragère (for 1st Infantry Division) 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military decoration ⓘ
unit award ⓘ
associatedWithConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
awardedBy Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
awardedFor exceptional bravery in combat ⓘ
multiple citations for gallantry in combat ⓘ
awardedTo military units ⓘ
basedOn Citations in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army ⓘ
category Belgian orders, decorations and medals ⓘ
surface form: Belgian military awards and decorations

Military unit citations ⓘ
color green and red ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium ⓘ
criteriaDetail awarded for multiple citations in the Belgian Army Order of the Day ⓘ
eligibility Belgian military units ⓘ
foreign military units serving under Belgian command ⓘ
hasVariant Belgian Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World War I Belgian Fourragere

Belgian Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World War II Belgian Fourragere
legalStatus official state decoration of Belgium ⓘ
materialForm braided cord ⓘ
notableRecipient U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
United States 1st Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 1st Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: U.S. 3rd Infantry Division

U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
5th Marine Regiment ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Marine Corps 5th Marine Regiment
periodOfUse 20th century ⓘ
recognizes collective rather than individual achievement ⓘ
relatedTo French Fourragere ⓘ
symbolizes collective valor of a unit ⓘ
distinguished combat service ⓘ
wearer members of cited units ⓘ
wearLocation on the shoulder of the uniform ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division → decorations → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
4th Infantry Division (United States) → decoration → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
United States 1st Infantry Division → decorations → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Fourragère 1940
United States 29th Infantry Division → awardedDecoration → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
subject surface form: 29th Infantry Division
this entity surface form: Belgian Fourragère
U.S. 3rd Armored Division → awarded → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Fourragère
The Fighting First → decorations → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Fourragère (for 1st Infantry Division)
Belgian Fourragere → hasVariant → Belgian Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War I Belgian Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere → hasVariant → Belgian Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II Belgian Fourragere
506th Infantry Regiment → decorations → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Fourragère
2nd Armored Division (United States) → awarded → Belgian Fourragere ⓘ