• The Sacrifice Medal (French: Médaille du sacrifice) is a military decoration that was created in 2008 as a replacement for the Wound Stripe. It is awarded...
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  • Queen Elizabeth II approved the establishment of the Sacrifice Medal (French: Médaille du sacrifice) as a replacement for the Wound Stripe, to be presented...
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    Peter J. Ortiz (category Recipients of the Médaille militaire (France))
    palms and silver star Croix du combattant Médaille des Évadés Médaille Coloniale with the campaign clasp: "MAROC" Médaille des Blesses 1939–1945 Commemorative...
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  • The Gulf and Kuwait Medal (French: Médaille du Golfe et du Koweït, or Médaille du Golfe et du Kuwait) was a campaign medal created in 1990 to recognize...
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    Recognition Medal for Victims of Terrorism (French: Médaille nationale de reconnaissance aux victimes du terrorisme) is a national medal of France awarded...
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    a knight of the Légion d'honneur and a recipient of the Médaille coloniale and the Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870-1871. Nouvion, J-Baptiste...
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    obtained for 1939-1945 with attribution of the croix de la Libération, the médaille de la Résistance française and la croix de guerre. In August 1945, the...
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    The Operational Service Medal (French: Médaille du service opérationnel) is a campaign medal created in 2010 by the Canadian monarch-in-Council to recognize...
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  • The South-West Asia Service Medal (French: Médaille du service en Asie du Sud-Ouest) is a campaign medal created in 2002 by the Canadian monarch-in-Council...
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  • The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (French: Médaille du jubilé d'argent de la reine Elizabeth II) is a commemorative medal created in 1977 to...
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  • The Canadian Centennial Medal (French: Médaille du centenaire du Canada) is a commemorative medal struck by the Royal Canadian Mint in 1967 to commemorate...
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    Le cheval dans le rituel funéraire kïrgïz. Variations sur le thème du sacrifice (in French). Vol. 295. Journal asiatique. doi:10.2143/JA.295.2.2033243...
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    it; and only for their deeds during World War II. A different order, the Médaille de la Résistance ("Resistance Medal"), was created and awarded for lesser...
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  • The Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal (CPSM; French: Médaille canadienne du maintien de la paix) is a campaign medal created October 21, 1999, to recognize...
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    Jean-Pierre Vernant (category Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite)
    (Greece) 1980 : Amic Award of the Académie Française (France) 1984 : Médaille d'or du CNRS (France) 1991 : Gold Medal of History (San Marino) 1993 : Award...
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    bas-relief. During the festival of the Halieia, the ancient Rhodians would sacrifice a quadriga-chariot by throwing it into the sea. The quadriga was adopted...
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  • the Confederation of Canada Medal (French: Médaille commémorative du 125e anniversaire de la Confédération du Canada) is a commemorative medal struck by...
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    the "ram-bearer," is a figure of Hermes that commemorates the solemn sacrifice of a ram; thus, one of the god's epithets is Hermes Kriophoros. At the...
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    Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-226-30045-0). Meurtre du père, sacrifice de la sexualité,1996. La production du corps. Approches anthropologiques et historiques...
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    barracks bombing: Médaille militaire, awarded to the 3rd combat company of Captain Jacky Thomas of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment. Médaille militaire, awarded...
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    was launched on 3 April 2005, at the same time as the Medal of Justice (médaille des Justes) was awarded by Yad Vashem to the descendants of the rector...
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    missions. 1er BEP Co. Para du 3e REI in the 1er REP and 1er BEP 1er REP 5 citations with Fourragère with ruban colors of Médaille militaire Croix de guerre...
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    National Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, (1848; in diamonds 1870,) Médaille militaire, (1852; in diamonds 1870,) Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian...
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    tinh / 南越龍佩星, Nam-Long bội-tinh / 南龍佩星; French: Ordre impérial du Dragon d'Annam, Ordre du Dragon Vert) was created in 1886 in the city of Huế, by Emperor...
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    awarded him the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and the Officer's Médaille de la Résistance, also appointing him a Companion of the Ordre de la Libération...
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    Médaille militaire (25/06/17) ; Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870-1871 ; Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 ; Médaille interalliée 1914-1918 ; Médaille...
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    la Valeur Militaire with 4 citations at the orders of the armed forces. Médaille de la Résistance decree of (6/09/1945) Escapees' Medal Colonial Medal with...
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    Fontainebleau, for the Cabinet du Roi and the royal dining-room at Versailles, decorations for Marly, for the Cabinet des Médailles in the royal library in Paris...
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    1er BEP received five citations and the fourragère of the colors of the Médaille militaire for its service in Indochina. The 1er BEP became the 1st Foreign...
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  • November 1918) Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (10 April 1945) Médaille interalliée 1914–1918 Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914–1918 Distinguished Service...
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