First attested in English in 1578, the word medal is derived from the Middle French médaille, itself from Italian medaglia, and ultimately from the post-classical Latin medalia, meaning a coin worth half a denarius.

An interesting feature of the médaille is that it is also the supreme award for leadership, being awarded to generals and admirals who had been commanders-in-chief.

This particular médaille is considered superior even to the grand cross of the Légion d ' honneur.

Like many other French awards, the médaille can be awarded for different reasons.

On, 20 July 2006, Breukink received the " médaille de la fidélité " from the Tour de France organisation, because he had been present in the Tour de France for 20 years.

* Le Vieux Nègre et la médaille ( 1956 ; translated as The Old Man and the Medal in 1969 )

For example, there are many units wearing the fourragère of the médaille militaire, whereas only six units wore the medal on their flags.

In 1987 he received the médaille d ' or, awarded by the Centre national de la recherche scientifique ( CNRS ).

The '‘ Académie Française ’' awarded Haasse the Diplôme de médaille Argent in 1984.

) For his bravery, Céline was awarded the médaille militaire in November, and appeared one year later in the weekly l ' Illustré National of November 1915, p16.

In 2002 she received the annual award of the Gabriella Moortgat Stichting and la médaille de Vermeil from the City of Paris and a medal (' Erepenning ') of the Belgian Flemish government.

Old Order, acted and atonally sung by Grunnfeu Arapacis, the lovely Serbantian import, then entered and delivered the well-known invocation to the god Phineoppus, whereupon the stage is quite unexpectedly visited by a company of wandering Gorshek priests, symbolizing Love, Lust, Prudence and General Motors, respectively.

* 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

* The abbot of Sant ' Anselmo di Aventino, in Rome, is styled the " abbot primate ," and is acknowledged the senior abbot for the Order of St. Benedict ( O. S. B.

* An abbot president is the head of a congregation ( federation ) of abbeys within the Order of St. Benedict ( for instance, the English Congregation, The American Cassinese Congregation, etc.

The Amber multiverse consists of Amber, a city at one pole of the universe wherein is found the Pattern, the symbol of Order ; The Courts of Chaos, an assembly of worlds at the other pole where can be found the Logrus, the manifestation of Chaos, and the Abyss, the source or end of all reality ; and Shadow, the collection of all possible universes ( shadows ) between and around them.

; Assault on a secure training centre custody officer: This offence is created by section 13 ( 1 ) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 ( c. 33 ).

He is notably the builder of Alcobaça Monastery, to which he called the Cistercian Order of his uncle Bernard of Clairvaux of Burgundy.

He is honored as a saint by the Camaldolese Order.

His feastday is celebrated by the Camaldolese Order on November 20.

The U. S. survey acre is about 4, 046. 872 609 874 252 square metres ; its exact value ( m < sup > 2 </ sup >) is based on an inch defined by 1 metre = 39. 37 inches exactly, as established by the Mendenhall Order.

* 1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.

In its 1982 statement on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches stated that " the primary manifestation of apostolic succession is to be found in the apostolic tradition of the Church as a whole ….

According to the Department of Defense, the " Order of Titus award is the only award presented by the Chief of Chaplains to recognize outstanding performance of ministry by chaplains and chaplain assistants.

The Order of Titus is awarded for meritorious contributions to the unique and highly visible Unit Ministry Team Observer Controller Program.

* 1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

It is created by section 3 of the Public Order Act 1986 which provides:

The Order of St Benedict is of later origin and, moreover, not an " order " as commonly understood but merely a confederation of autonomous congregations.

The Order of Saint Benedict ( Latin name: Ordo Sancti Benedicti ) is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

Ruth is also commemorated as a matriarch in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod on July 16, and is one of the Five Heroines of the Order of the Eastern Star.

The area formerly known as " County Dublin " is now defined in legislation solely as the " Dublin Region " under the Local Government Act, 1991 ( Regional Authorities ) ( Establishment ) Order, 1993, and this is the terminology officially used by the four Dublin administrative councils in press releases concerning the former county area.

Robert Adam's brother James was in Rome in 1762, drawing antiquities under the direction of Clérisseau ; he invented a British Order, of which his ink-and-wash rendering with red highlighting, is at the Avery Library, Columbia University.

Another variant, with seven arms and known as the " Maltese asterisk ", is used as the basis of Britain's Order of St Michael and St George.

Members of the Papal Orders of Chivalry receive gilt spurs directly from the hands of the Pope ; members of the British Order of the Garter similarly receive gilt spurs from the Monarch.

The badge for the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon is a gilt cross with white enameled rays, bearing a central emblem of a red enameled sun disc surrounded by red rays, and with three paulownia blossoms between each arm of the cross.

The honorary title " Mother Heroine " entitled the recipient to wear the Order " Mother Heroine " which was a gold star with silver straight rays between the arms forming an inversed pentagon ; it was suspended by a silver plated ring through the suspension loop to a metallic, red-enameled scroll-shaped mount bearing the gilt relief inscription " MOTHER HEROINE " ().

* The badge of the Order is a gilt cross with enamel, similar to the Order's emblem illustrated here, but with a longer lower arm.

* The star of the Order has 22 asymmetrical arms of rays, in gilt for Grand Cross and Grand Officer, and in silver for Commander.

The badge of the Order is a gilt, white-enamelled Maltese Cross, with the monogram " W " ( for King William I ) between the arms of the cross.

The badge of the Order for the 1st to 4th classes was a gilt cross, similar in shape to the Iron Cross but with white enamel ( except for the 4th Class, which was plain ).

The star of the Order was ( for Grand Cross ) a gilt eight-pointed star, ( for 1st Class ) a silver eight-pointed star, or ( for 2nd Class ) a silver four-pointed star, all with straight rays.

* Grand Cross-enameled Maltese cross badge worn on a collar ( the Kette, or " chain ") on ceremonial occasions or, on other formal occasions, dependent from the bow of a sash worn over the right shoulder ; plus a gilt, eight-pointed breast star worn on the left chest ; typically awarded to male members of the royal family, to members of the Order of the Black Eagle, to noblemen, and to foreign royalty

The badge of the Order for the Grand Cross was a gilt Maltese Cross enameled in white, with red eagles between the arms of the cross ; the gilt central disc bore the Royal monogram, surrounded by a blue enameled ring bearing the motto of the Order, Sincere et Constante.

The breast star of the Order was ( for Grand Cross ) a gilt eight-pointed star, ( for 1st Class ) a silver eight-pointed star, or ( for 2nd Class ) a silver four-pointed star with a white enameled cross pattée, all with straight rays.

The badge of the " Order of Glory " was a five-pointed star with a central medallion: a golden star with a golden central medallion for the award 1st class, a silver star with a gilt central medallion for the award 2nd class, and a silver star with a silver central medallion for the award 3rd class.