Silver Medal of Military Valor

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military award military decoration

The Silver Medal of Military Valor is an Italian decoration awarded for acts of conspicuous bravery in combat.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Italian Silver Medal of Military Valor	1
Medaglia d’argento al valor militare	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
associatedWith	Carabinieri ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ surface form: Italian Air Force Italian Army (Republic of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Army Italian Navy ⓘ
awardedForActions	distinguished courage under enemy fire ⓘ exceptional leadership in combat ⓘ self‑sacrifice in military operations ⓘ
awardFor	acts of conspicuous bravery in combat ⓘ valor in the face of the enemy ⓘ
awardingBody	Italian Republic ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
awardingCriteriaIncludes	documented act of heroism in combat ⓘ formal approval by national authorities ⓘ recommendation by superior officers ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
decorativeMotif	Italian republican symbols on later issues ⓘ Savoyard symbols on early issues ⓘ
eligibility	Italian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Italian armed forces cities and municipalities ⓘ civilian institutions in wartime ⓘ military personnel ⓘ units and military formations ⓘ
establishedBy	Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
establishedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
hasCivilianEquivalent	Medal of Civil Valor ⓘ
higherAward	Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Italian ⓘ
languageOfName	Italian ⓘ
lowerAward	Bronze Medal of Military Valor ⓘ
material	silver ⓘ
notableRecipientCategory	Allied military personnel serving with Italian forces ⓘ Italian resistance fighters ⓘ
officialNameInItalian	Silver Medal of Military Valor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medaglia d’argento al valor militare
partOf	Italian system of military valor decorations ⓘ
ribbonColor	blue ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
typeOfValorDecoration	collective award ⓘ individual award ⓘ
usedInConflict	Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ colonial wars of Italy ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Achille Starace → awardReceived → Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Ernest Hemingway → awardReceived → Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Silver Medal of Military Valor

Gabriele D'Annunzio → awardReceived → Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Giovanni Messe → awardReceived → Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Inigo Campioni → awardReceived → Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Fulco Ruffo di Calabria → militaryAward → Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Silver Medal of Military Valor → officialNameInItalian → Silver Medal of Military Valor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medaglia d’argento al valor militare