French Fourragere

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fourragère military award

The French Fourragere is a braided military award cord bestowed by France to units distinguished multiple times for exceptional valor in combat, often worn on the uniform as a symbol of collective heroism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
French Fourragere canonical	3
Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945	1
Fourragère of the Légion d’honneur	1
Fourragère of the Médaille militaire	1
French Fourragère	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fourragère ⓘ military award ⓘ
appliesTo	entire unit ⓘ
associatedConflict	Algerian War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Algerian War First Indochina War ⓘ surface form: Indochina War World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
awardFor	collective gallantry in combat ⓘ repeated citations in orders of the army ⓘ
basedOn	Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: Croix de Guerre citations Légion d’honneur citations ⓘ Médaille militaire citations ⓘ
bestowedBy	Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ surface form: French Ministry of Armed Forces Government of France ⓘ surface form: French government
category	French military awards ⓘ unit decorations ⓘ
colorCode	varies by level of decoration ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
criteria	multiple citations at army level or equivalent ⓘ
distinctFrom	individual medals ⓘ
eligibility	foreign military units ⓘ military units ⓘ
hasVariant	Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 French Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 French Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourragère of the Légion d’honneur French Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourragère of the Médaille militaire
introducedInContextOf	First World War citations system ⓘ
isA	braided cord ⓘ
material	braided cord or wool ⓘ
nature	collective award ⓘ
notableRecipientUnit	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ surface form: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Royal 22e Régiment ⓘ United States Army 16th Infantry Regiment ⓘ U.S. 23rd Infantry Regiment ⓘ surface form: United States Army 23rd Infantry Regiment 5th Marine Regiment ⓘ surface form: United States Marine Corps 5th Marine Regiment 6th Marines ⓘ surface form: United States Marine Corps 6th Marine Regiment
recognizes	exceptional performance in combat ⓘ
regulatesWear	French military dress regulations ⓘ
status	active decoration in French armed forces ⓘ
symbolizes	collective heroism ⓘ unit valor ⓘ
usedIn	French Air Force ⓘ surface form: French Air and Space Force French Army ⓘ French Navy ⓘ foreign armed forces ⓘ
wearer	members of decorated units ⓘ
wearLocation	shoulder ⓘ under the epaulette ⓘ
wornOn	military uniform ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

5th Marine Regiment → alliedRecognition → French Fourragere ⓘ

French Fourragere → hasVariant → French Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourragère of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945

French Fourragere → hasVariant → French Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourragère of the Médaille militaire

French Fourragere → hasVariant → French Fourragere self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourragère of the Légion d’honneur

Belgian Fourragere → relatedTo → French Fourragere ⓘ

3rd Battalion, 6th Marines → decoratedWith → French Fourragere ⓘ

United States Army 16th Infantry Regiment → worldWarIHonor → French Fourragere ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Fourragère