page_title: Military orders, awards and decorations
hierarchical_section_title: Military orders, awards and decorations
caption_attribution_description: Quelques décorations d'officiers, de sous-officiers et de Légionnaires au Musée de la Légion étrangère
context_page_description: A military decoration is an award, usually a medal that consists of a ribbon and medallion given to an person for either gallantry, or outstanding service or achievement.
  Civil decorations awarded to military personnel are not considered military decorations, although some of them have civil and military divisions. Decorations received by police and fire brigade personnel may sometimes be considered alongside military decorations, on which they may be modelled, although they are strictly not military awards.
context_section_description: A military decoration is an award, usually a medal that consists of a ribbon and medallion given to an person for either gallantry, or outstanding service or achievement.
  Civil decorations awarded to military personnel are not considered military decorations, although some of them have civil and military divisions. Decorations received by police and fire brigade personnel may sometimes be considered alongside military decorations, on which they may be modelled, although they are strictly not military awards.
caption: Wall of Medals in the French Foreign Legion Museum
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