Compagnon de la Libération

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French state decoration order of merit

Compagnon de la Libération is a prestigious French honor created by General Charles de Gaulle during World War II to recognize individuals, military units, and communities for exceptional contributions to the liberation of France.

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Label Occurrences
Compagnon de la Libération canonical 11

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French state decoration ⓘ
order of merit ⓘ
administeredBy Ordre de la Libération ⓘ
associatedWith Free French Forces ⓘ
French Resistance ⓘ
awardCriteria eminent services in the work of liberation of France and its empire ⓘ
commemoratedOn 18 June ⓘ
conferredBy President of the French Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdDuring World War II ⓘ
creator Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
eligibility French communes ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
individual persons ⓘ
military units ⓘ
establishedBy Free French Forces ⓘ
formerGrandMaster Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
higherAward Légion d'honneur ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
insigniaName Croix de la Libération ⓘ
insigniaType cross ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
lastAwardsDate 1946 ⓘ
lowerAward Médaille de la Résistance ⓘ
surface form: Médaille de la Résistance française
motto Patriam Servando, Victoriam Tulit ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation By serving the Fatherland, he won Victory ⓘ
notableRecipient André Malraux ⓘ
Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
surface form: General Bernard Montgomery

Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
surface form: General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Georges Guingouin ⓘ
Henri Frenay ⓘ
Jean Moulin ⓘ
Josephine Baker ⓘ
surface form: Joséphine Baker

George VI ⓘ
surface form: King George VI

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
Pierre Brossolette ⓘ
Rol-Tanguy ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.ordredelaliberation.fr ⓘ
purpose to recognize exceptional contributions to the liberation of France ⓘ
ribbonColor black ⓘ
green ⓘ
status no longer awarded ⓘ
totalCommunesRecipients 5 ⓘ
totalIndividualRecipients 1038 ⓘ
totalMilitaryUnitsRecipients 18 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Marie-Pierre Kœnig → awardReceived → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → militaryAward → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Jean Zay → awardReceived → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Médaille de la Résistance → higherAward → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Leclerc → awardReceived → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Jean Moulin → honorificTitle → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Oyonnax → honor → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Ordre de la Libération → hasGrade → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Croix de la Libération → highestRankInOrder → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
2e DB → decorations → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ
Régiment de marche du Tchad → honour → Compagnon de la Libération ⓘ