Victory Medal

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campaign medal military decoration

The Victory Medal is a First World War campaign medal awarded to military personnel of the Allied nations who served in the conflict.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Victory Medal canonical	4
Victory Medal (United Kingdom)	2
Brazilian Victory Medal	1
Czechoslovak Victory Medal	1
French Victory Medal	1
Greek Victory Medal	1
Inter-Allied Victory Medal	1
Italian Victory Medal	1
Portuguese Victory Medal	1
Romanian Victory Medal	1
Serbian Victory Medal	1
Siamese Victory Medal	1
Victory Medal (France)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4147278 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Victory Medal
Context triple: [Sir Thomas Blamey, awardReceived, Victory Medal]

A. Medal of Valor
The Medal of Valor is the highest military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
B. Gold Star medal
The Gold Star medal was a distinctive Soviet decoration awarded to individuals who received the title Hero of the Soviet Union, symbolizing the highest degree of valor and heroism.
C. Sacrifice Medal
The Sacrifice Medal is a Canadian military decoration awarded to members of the Canadian Armed Forces and allied forces who are killed or wounded under honourable circumstances as a result of hostile action.
D. Good Conduct Medal
The Good Conduct Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to enlisted service members who demonstrate exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity during their period of active service.
E. Badge of Military Merit
The Badge of Military Merit was an early American military decoration established by George Washington during the Revolutionary War to honor enlisted soldiers for exceptional bravery and service.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Victory Medal
Target entity description: The Victory Medal is a First World War campaign medal awarded to military personnel of the Allied nations who served in the conflict.

A. Medal of Valor
The Medal of Valor is the highest military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
B. Gold Star medal
The Gold Star medal was a distinctive Soviet decoration awarded to individuals who received the title Hero of the Soviet Union, symbolizing the highest degree of valor and heroism.
C. Sacrifice Medal
The Sacrifice Medal is a Canadian military decoration awarded to members of the Canadian Armed Forces and allied forces who are killed or wounded under honourable circumstances as a result of hostile action.
D. Good Conduct Medal
The Good Conduct Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to enlisted service members who demonstrate exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity during their period of active service.
E. Badge of Military Merit
The Badge of Military Merit was an early American military decoration established by George Washington during the Revolutionary War to honor enlisted soldiers for exceptional bravery and service.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	campaign medal ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Victory Medal ⓘ surface form: Inter-Allied Victory Medal
associatedWith	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers
awardedFor	service in the First World War ⓘ
awardedTo	military personnel of the Allied nations ⓘ
awardingBody	governments of Allied nations ⓘ
category	World War I campaign medals ⓘ
commemorates	service of Allied forces in World War I ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War
designedAs	common Allied commemorative medal ⓘ
eligibility	service in a theatre of war during World War I ⓘ
hasRibbon	rainbow-colored ribbon ⓘ
hasVersionInCountry	Belgian Victory Medal ⓘ Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brazilian Victory Medal British Victory Medal ⓘ Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Czechoslovak Victory Medal Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: French Victory Medal Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greek Victory Medal Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Italian Victory Medal Japanese Victory Medal ⓘ Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Victory Medal Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Romanian Victory Medal Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Serbian Victory Medal Victory Medal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siamese Victory Medal United States Victory Medal ⓘ
introducedInPeriod	post-World War I era ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
relatedTo	Allied military history ⓘ British War Medal ⓘ
symbolizes	victory of the Allied nations in World War I ⓘ
theme	peace and victory iconography ⓘ
timePeriod	1914–1918 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Blamey → awardReceived → Victory Medal ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir Thomas Blamey

Henry Gordon Bennett → awardReceived → Victory Medal ⓘ

World War I Victory Medal → relatedTo → Victory Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victory Medal (United Kingdom)

World War I Victory Medal → relatedTo → Victory Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victory Medal (France)

1914–15 Star → relatedTo → Victory Medal ⓘ

1914–15 Star → awardedWith → Victory Medal ⓘ

British War Medal → relatedMedal → Victory Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victory Medal (United Kingdom)

Victory Medal → alsoKnownAs → Victory Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-Allied Victory Medal