Médaille militaire
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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.
Aliases (3)
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 (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Médaille Militaire"
this entity surface form: "Military Medal (France)"
this entity surface form: "Médaille Militaire"
this entity surface form: "Military Medal (France)"
this entity surface form: "Military Medal (France)"
this entity surface form: "Medalla Militar"