In France, Battle honours, known officially as "inscriptions des noms de batailles au drapeau", were created during the Wars of the French Revolution. The first honour such awarded is "Valmy, 1792" , the last one to date is "Koweït, 1991" . The honours are sewn in gold letters on the regiment's flag or standard under the form &lt;battle name&gt;, &lt;date&gt; (such as "Austerlitz, 1805" ). In some cases, the honour refers to a whole conflict and take the form &lt;Geographical designation&gt;, &lt;date&gt; (such as "AFN, 1952-1962" ) or simply &lt;war&gt;, &lt;date&gt; (such as "Grande guerre, 1914-1918" ). Some military schools and academies have their motto sewn on their flags as a battle honour, such as École polytechnique's " Pour la Patrie, les sciences et la gloire " (for Fatherland, Sciences and Glory) in addition to the "true" battle honour "Paris, 1814" .