Médaille militaire
For comparison, the UK Military Medal was awarded on 115,000 occasions in World War I, when 673,375 British Army soldiers were killed and 1,643,469 wounded.[2] The Médaille militaire is a silver laurel wreath, 28 mm (1.1 in) in diameter, wrapped around a central gold medallion bearing the left profile of Marianne, effigy of the French Republic, the original 2nd Empire variant bore the left profile of Emperor Napoleon III.The original variant was topped by a silver imperial eagle with a loop through which the suspension ring passed, all other variants were and are topped by a device composed of a breastplate superimposed over crossed cannons, a naval anchor, sabres, swords and battle axes, to which the suspension ring passes through a loop for attachment to a ribbon.During the Second World War, the Médaille reached its highest numbers of foreign bestowals, most often to members of the British Army as well as to the United States military.The general's médaille was awarded to Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Josip Broz Tito, as supreme commanders of the UK, US and Yugoslav military forces, but to also effective military leaders, such as General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, and to Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope.
Order of LiberationNational Order of MeritFrench Republicother ranksLegion of HonourWorld War IMilitary MedalVictoria CrossPresident of the French RepublicLouis-Napoléon BonaparteLouis BonaparteHollandFirst World Warenlisted ranksnon-commissioned officersaspirantsOfficer DesignategeneralsadmiralsMarianne2nd EmpirebreastplateOrder of the Iron CrownBernard MontgomeryEugene BullardFerdinand FochSecond World WarBritish ArmyUnited States militaryWinston ChurchillFranklin Delano RooseveltJosip Broz TitoDwight EisenhowerAndrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhopefourragèrementioned in despatcheslégion d'honneurFernand Bonnier de La ChapellePrivate John AlexanderUnited KingdomNurse and resistance fighter Berty AlbrechtMarshal of France (1864) François Achille BazaineWorld War 1 pilot Arthur BluethenthalUnited StatesWorld War 1 African American fighter pilot Eugene Jacques BullardSergeant Louis-Ferdinand CélineSergeant Eugène ChavantYvonne CholletMarshal of France, Great Britain and Poland, Ferdinand FochPrime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-ChurchillUSMC Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph "Dan" DalyPrivate Herman DavisFirst sergeant Samuel "Sam" DrebenPresident Dwight D. EisenhowerRene JoyeuseFranceCorporal François FaberColonel René Paul FonckCorporal Edward Foster VCRussian flying ace Viktor Georgiyevich FyodorovRussiaJean GabinPolice prefect Louis LépineGeneral of the Army Douglas MacArthurCapitaine Georges Felix MadonWorld War 2 fighter ace Paul-Joseph de MontgolfierField Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of AlameinNorwegian Crown Prince and Chief of Defence Olav VNorwayMarshal and Prime Minister Alexandros PapagosGreeceMarshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph PétainCorporal Thomas A. PopeFather of the French Air Force, General Pierre Auguste RoquesPresident Franklin D. RooseveltMaster corporal Pierre-Auguste SarrusMaster corporal Pierre SchoendoerfferPartisan leader and Prime Minister Josip Broz TitoYugoslaviaSusan TraversFrench Foreign LegionMarthe CohnCorporal Clarence Van Allenknight of the Legion of HonourForeign LegionTroupes de MarineRibbons of the French military and civil awardsOrders, decorations, and medals of FranceOrdersOrder of the Legion of HonourOrder of MeritOrder of Academic PalmsOrder of Agricultural MeritOrder of Maritime MeritOrder of Arts and LettersOrder of Tahiti NuiDecorations and medalsHonour medal for courage and devotionHonour medal of Foreign AffairsHonour medal of railroadsHonour medal of the National PoliceHonour medal for firefightersMedal for internal securityInsigne des blessés civilsMedal of the French FamilyNational Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorismDefence and Internal Security Volunteer Reservists MedalCroix de guerre 1914–1918Croix de Guerre 1939–1945Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieuresCross for Military ValourMedal of the National GendarmerieResistance MedalEscapees' MedalVolunteer combatant's cross 1914–1918Volunteer combatant's crossCross of the resistance volunteer combatantCombatant's CrossAeronautical MedalOverseas MedalNational Defence MedalMedal for voluntary military serviceMedal of the Nation's GratitudeMedal for the War WoundedMilitary Health Service honour medalSecond Empire