Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_France
Orders, decorations, and medals of France
Modern orders, decorations and medals of France awarded to armed forces and civilians
This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of France. Some, like the Legion of Honour, are awarded to both the armed forces and civilians. Others are decorations of a pure civilian or military character. Only four of the 19 Ministerial orders have survived the reform of the French system of decorations in 1963. The others were replaced by the Ordre national du Mérite.
The Grand Chancery of the Legion of Honour classifies the national system of honours of France into two categories: those honours awarded on behalf of the President of the Republic and ministerial honours. The orders and decorations presented on behalf of the president are the Legion of Honour, Order of Liberation, Military Medal, National Order of Merit, and National Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorism. The ministerial honours include French military decorations, the existing ministerial orders, ministerial awards for acts of courage and honor medals, and commemorative medals.[1]
More information Legion of Honour, Order of Liberation ...
Close
More information Order of Academic Palms, Order of Arts and Letters ...
| Order of Academic Palms | Order of Arts and Letters | Order of Agricultural Merit | Order of Maritime Merit |
|---|---|---|---|
Close
More information Military Medal, War Cross (1914–1918) ...
| Military Medal | War Cross (1914–1918) | War Cross (1939–1945) | War Cross for foreign operational theaters | Cross for Military Valour | Medal of the Gendarmerie nationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg){kind=link}
Close
More information Resistance Medal, Escapees' Medal ...
| Resistance Medal | Escapees' Medal | Volunteer combatant's cross 1914–1918 | Volunteer combatant's cross | Cross of the resistance volunteer combatant | Combatant's Cross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
More information Aeronautical Medal, Overseas Medal ...
| Aeronautical Medal | Overseas Medal | Medal for voluntary military service | National Defence Medal | Medal for the War Wounded | Military Health Service honour medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
More information Honour medal for courage and devotion, Honour medal for penitentiary administration ...
| Honour medal for courage and devotion | Honour medal for penitentiary administration | Honour medal of Aeronautics | Honour medal of Foreign Affairs | Honour medal of agriculture | Insignia for wounded civilians |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
More information Honour medal for railways, Honour medal for Indirect Taxation ...
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
More information Medal of the French Family, Honour medal for youth, sports and associative engagements ...
| Medal of the French Family | Honour medal for youth, sports and associative engagements | Honour medal for merchant seamen and fisheries | Medal of Mines | Honour medal for civilian personnel of the defense ministry | Honour medal of the National Police |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
More information Honour medal for post and telecommunications, Honour medal for judicial protection of youth ...
| Honour medal for post and telecommunications | Honour medal for judicial protection of youth | National Recognition Medal of Victims of Terrorism | Honour medal for Health and Social Affairs | Honour medal for firefighters | Medal for internal security |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
_échelon_bronze.svg){kind=link}
Close
19th century
More information Saint Helena Medal, Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign ...
Close
More information First Madagascar campaign medal 1883, Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal 1883–1885 ...
| First Madagascar campaign medal 1883 | Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal 1883–1885 | Dahomey Expedition commemorative medal 1892 | Second Madagascar campaign medal 1894–1895 | Colonial Medal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
1900–1914
More information 1901 China expedition commemorative medal, Morocco commemorative medal (1909) ...
.PNG){kind=link}
Close
First World War (1914–1918)
More information 1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal, 1914–1918 Commemorative war medal ...
| 1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal | 1914–1918 Commemorative war medal | Dardanelles campaign medal | Orient campaign medal |
|---|---|---|---|
Close
More information Medal of French Gratitude, Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War ...
| Medal of French Gratitude | Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War | Medal for victims of the invasion |
|---|---|---|
Close
Between the two wars (1918–1939)
_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Second World War (1939–1945)
More information 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal, 1943–1944 Italian campaign medal ...
Close
More information Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France, Deported for acts of resistance medal ...
| Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France | Deported for acts of resistance medal | Interned for acts of resistance medal | Political deportee's medal | Political internee's medal | Recusant's insignia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
After 1945
More information United Nations operations in Korea commemorative medal, Indochina Campaign commemorative medal ...
_ribbon-2.png){kind=link}
Close
More information United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon medal, Medal of the Nation's Gratitude ...
| United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon medal | Medal of the Nation's Gratitude | French commemorative medal | Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory |
|---|---|---|---|
Close
Royal orders
More information Order of the Holy Spirit, Order of Saint Michael ...
Close
Ministerial orders
More information Order of Combatant Merit, Order of Military Merit ...
| Order of Combatant Merit | Order of Military Merit | Order of Civil Merit | Order of Social Merit | Order of Working Merit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg){kind=link}
Close
More information Order of Touristic Merit, Order of the National Economy ...
| Order of Touristic Merit | Order of the National Economy | Order of Commercial & Industrial Merit | Order of Artisanal Merit | Order of Public Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Close
.jpg){kind=link}
Colonial orders
More information Indochinese Order of Merit, Saharan Order of Merit ...
| Indochinese Order of Merit | Saharan Order of Merit | Order of the Black Star | Order of the Star of Anjouan | Order of Nichan el Anouar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Close
More information Order of the Dragon of Annam, Royal Order of Cambodia ...
_Chevalier_ribbon.svg){kind=link}
Close
Rewards for acts of courage and ministerial honour medals
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orders, decorations and medals of France.
- "The national system". Grand Chancery of the Legion of Honor. Retrieved 25 January 2017.