page_title: Medal for the War Wounded
section_title: Notable recipients (partial list)
hierarchical_section_title: Medal for the War Wounded / Notable recipients (partial list)
caption_attribution_description: English: Original photograph taken by an employee of the British government. Image found on: http://www.wmwa.org/wbnews/Pierre_Closterman/image001.jpg
context_page_description: The Medal for the War Wounded was originally a mere insignia in the form of an ribbon awarded for wounds received in the line of duty while facing an enemy. The insignia was established by the law of 11 December 1916, based on an idea by the nationalist writer Maurice Barrès. Although originally established as a temporary measure, the insignia survived for a century in some form or another. It could be awarded to wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, to World War II deportees and internees from the French resistance and to soldiers wounded in more recent conflicts. A variety of unofficial medals in the form of a red enamelled star suspended by the same ribbon appeared very early on and although tolerated for wear by the authorities, were not official until recently.
  A provisional instruction of 14 April 2015 from the French Army High Command began the proceedings which were later ratified in the official decree n° 2016-1130 of 17 August 2016 making the Medal for the War Wounded a state decoration of the French Republic.
context_section_description: Sergeant André Maginot
  General Pierre Billotte
  Major Hélie de Saint Marc
  General Raoul Salan
  Resistance fighter André Girard
  General Edgard de Larminat
  Foreign Legion Captain John Freeman "Jack" Hasey
  Lieutenant-Colonel Pierre Clostermann
  Sergeant Eugene Bullard
  Captain Pierre-Eugène Fournier
  General Gilbert Henry
  Lieutenant Jean Carrelet de Loisy
  Major Jean-Edmond Lamaze
  Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Maurice Cazaud
  Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Vérines
  General Félix de Vial
caption: World War II fighter ace Pierre Clostermann, a recipient of the Insigne des blessés militaires
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