Médaille militaire

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military decoration state decoration of France

The Médaille militaire is one of France’s highest military decorations, awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel for exceptional service and acts of bravery in combat.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Médaille militaire canonical 10
Military Medal (France) 5
Médaille Militaire 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military decoration ⓘ
state decoration of France ⓘ
awardedFor acts of bravery in combat ⓘ
exceptional military service ⓘ
awardedToBranch Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Air Force ⓘ
surface form: French Air and Space Force

French Army ⓘ
National Gendarmerie ⓘ
surface form: French Gendarmerie

French Navy ⓘ
awardedToForeigners true ⓘ
awardedToUnits false ⓘ
awardingAuthority Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ
surface form: French Ministry of the Armed Forces

President of the French Republic ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously true ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1852-01-22 ⓘ
eligibleRecipients enlisted personnel ⓘ
general officers commanding in chief ⓘ
non-commissioned officers ⓘ
establishedBy Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ⓘ
Napoleon III of France ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III
establishedInReignOf Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
hasCivilianClass false ⓘ
higherRank Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Légion d’honneur
languageOfInscription French ⓘ
lowerRank Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre 1914–1918

Croix de Guerre ⓘ
surface form: Croix de guerre 1939–1945
material silver-gilt ⓘ
motto Valeur et Discipline ⓘ
nicknamed “soldier’s medal” ⓘ
notableRecipient Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Ferdinand Foch ⓘ
Joseph Joffre ⓘ
Philippe Pétain ⓘ
obverseFeatures effigy of the French head of state ⓘ
placeInOrderOfPrecedence one of the highest French military awards for NCOs and enlisted personnel ⓘ
reverseInscription VALEUR ET DISCIPLINE ⓘ
ribbonColor yellow with green stripes ⓘ
shape circular medal ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
type individual decoration ⓘ
usedInConflict Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

Crimean War ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
surface form: Indochina War

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Grand Chancery of the Légion d'honneur → responsibleFor → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Philippe Pétain → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Medal (France)
Ferdinand Foch → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Medal (France)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Médaille Militaire
Alphonse Juin → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Médaille Militaire
French Code of the Légion d'honneur and Military Medal → appliesTo → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Légion d'honneur schools → affiliatedWith → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Medal (France)
Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand → rankComparedTo → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medalla Militar
Joseph Joffre → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Medal (France)
President René Coty → honor → Médaille militaire ⓘ
subject surface form: René Coty
Ahmed Ben Bella → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Hubert Lyautey → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Valeur et Discipline → associatedWith → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Valeur et Discipline → mottoOf → Médaille militaire ⓘ
Charles Mangin → awardReceived → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Medal (France)
Order of Liberation decorations → lowerAward → Médaille militaire ⓘ
subject surface form: Order of Liberation
2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment → decorations → Médaille militaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Médaille militaire (collective citation)
3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment → decorations → Médaille militaire ⓘ