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.

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 française →
motto	Patriam Servando, Victoriam Tulit →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoTranslation	By serving the Fatherland, he won Victory →
notableRecipient	André Malraux → Charles de Gaulle → General Bernard Montgomery → General Dwight D. Eisenhower → Georges Guingouin NERFINISHED → Henri Frenay → Jean Moulin → Joséphine Baker → 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 (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jean Zay → Leclerc → Marie-Pierre Kœnig →	awardReceived
Médaille de la Résistance →	higherAward
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →	militaryAward