Gold Medal of Military Valor

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military decoration state decoration

The Gold Medal of Military Valor is Italy’s highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary bravery and heroism in combat.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gold Medal of Military Valour	1
Medaglia d’Oro al Valor Militare	1
Medaglia d’Oro al Valore Militare	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military decoration ⓘ state decoration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ surface form: Medaglia d’Oro al Valor Militare Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ surface form: Medaglia d’Oro al Valore Militare
awardedBy	Government of Italy ⓘ surface form: Italian government Italy ⓘ surface form: Italian state President of Italy ⓘ surface form: President of the Italian Republic
awardedForActions	beyond the call of duty in combat ⓘ
awardFor	extraordinary bravery in combat ⓘ heroism in combat ⓘ
awardingBody	Ministry of Defence of Italy ⓘ surface form: Italian Ministry of Defence
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
criteria	acts of exceptional valor in war ⓘ acts performed in the face of the enemy ⓘ
decorationType	valor decoration ⓘ
eligibility	Italian military personnel ⓘ cities ⓘ foreign military personnel ⓘ military units ⓘ provinces ⓘ regions ⓘ
hasGrade	single class ⓘ
hasRibbonColor	blue ⓘ
highestAwardIn	Italian military honors system ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
languageOfName	Italian ⓘ
legalStatus	regulated by Italian law ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ
notableRecipientsType	Italian cities ⓘ individual soldiers ⓘ military units ⓘ
partOf	Italian decorations for valor ⓘ Italian honors system ⓘ
relativeRank	higher than Bronze Medal of Military Valor ⓘ higher than Silver Medal of Military Valor ⓘ
scope	wartime valor ⓘ
symbolizes	sacrifice in defense of Italy ⓘ supreme military courage ⓘ
usedInConflict	Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Gold Medal of Military Valor → alsoKnownAs → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medaglia d’Oro al Valor Militare

Gold Medal of Military Valor → alsoKnownAs → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medaglia d’Oro al Valore Militare

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

Gabriele Rapagnetta → awardReceived → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio

Giovanni Messe → awardReceived → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Inigo Campioni → awardReceived → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

Sandro Pertini → awardReceived → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gold Medal of Military Valour

Silver Medal of Military Valor → higherAward → Gold Medal of Military Valor ⓘ

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