Fleming's Nobel Prize medal was acquired by the National Museums of Scotland in 1989 and is on display after the museum re-opened in 2011.

File: JohnMcFall-Manchester-20070513. jpg | John McFall, who has an above-knee leg amputation, and uses a prosthetic leg, is a sprinter and winner of a gold medal at the 2007 Paralympic World Cup

When awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the " V " Device.

Former heavyweight rower Dominic Seiterle is a member of the Canadian national rowing team and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 8 + event.

Separate Distinguished Service Medals exist for the different branches of the military as well as a fifth version of the medal which is a senior award of the United States Department of Defense.

The medal is suspended by a bar attached to the ribbon.

## NSN for replacement medal is 8455-00-246-3830.

The medal is gold in color and on the obverse it features a medium blue enameled pentagon ( point up ).

The top 50 % of the contestants are awarded medals, such that the relative number of gold: silver: bronze: no medal is approximately 1: 2: 3: 6 ( thus 1 / 12 of the contestants get a gold medal ).

He continued to submit his works to the Salon, where his painting Spanish Singer had won a 2nd class medal in 1861, and he urged the others to do likewise, arguing that " the Salon is the real field of battle " where a reputation could be made.

He is later awarded a Gold medal from U. S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.

Roe thought it " an especial favour, for that all the great men that wear the Kings image ( which none may do but to whom it is given ) receive no other than a medal of gold as big as six pence.

As such, the medal can be considered as " points " in some enlisted promotion systems, such as the Air Force, where it is counted as seven points ( out of a possible 25 points for decorations ).

The reverse of the medal has the motto taken from the Great Seal of the United States, "" (" He Has Favored Our Undertakings ") and the date "" ( 1782 ) which is the date of America's first decoration, the Badge of Military Merit, now known as the Purple Heart.

On his 90th birthday on 10 November 2009, Kalashnikov was named a " Hero of the Russian Federation " and presented with a medal by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating " the brand every Russian is proud of.

Each recipient, or laureate, receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money which is decided by Nobel Foundation yearly.

When the medal With Distinction is awarded, the star may be presented depending from a neck ribbon and can be identified by its larger size than the standard medal ( compare size of medals in pictures below ; President Reagan's was awarded With Distinction ).

In addition, the medal is accompanied by a service ribbon for wear on military service uniform, a miniature medal pendant for wear on mess dress or civilian formal wear, and a lapel badge for wear on civilian clothes ( all shown in the accompanying photograph of the full presentation set ).

The Pierre de Coubertin medal ( also known as the Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal ) is an award given by the International Olympic Committee to those athletes that demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games.

On September 2, 1939, the 18th Pomeranian Uhlans Regiment was decorated by Gen. Grzmot-Skotnicki, the commander of the Operational Group, with his own Virtuti Militari medal for valour shown in this combat.

* World War II: Starting in 1942, the medal would only be awarded for action in combat.

Official accounts vary, but generally, the Medal of Honor for combat was known as the " Tiffany Cross ", after the company that designed the medal.

Bucher claimed that the DoD's position on the medal was " simply contrary to the facts ," noting that the Pueblo crew received the Navy's Combat Action Ribbon " specifically for surface combat with North Korea on 23 January 1968.

This medal was awarded to Captain Alfred Shout for hand-to-hand combat at the Lone Pine trenches in Gallipoli Turkey.

While in the Marines, he attained the rank of Sergeant, and was a decorated combat veteran, earning three battle stars and the Expert Rifleman's medal while serving with the famed 1st Marine Division in Korea.

The late U. S. President Ronald Reagan wrote of him: " Whether flying combat missions over Korea, or winning gold medal after gold medal at the Olympics, or serving as an ambassador of goodwill among the young athletes of Africa, you have given your all.

** As an in between medal for enlisted members, NCO and O ( D ) awarded the Légion d ' honneur for " combat actions ", nowadays mostly done posthumously.

Recipients of the medal had received field commissions as Marine Corps officers, under combat conditions, and had performed feats of distinction and gallant service.

The medal was awarded both for combat and non-combat service and was the equivalent of the United States Legion of Merit.

The medal was intended to recognize significant military achievement, both in combat and non-combat service, which surpassed the degree required for the Vietnam Gallantry Cross but did not warrant receipt of the higher decorations such as the National Order of Vietnam or the Vietnam Military Merit Medal.

To be awarded the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, personnel must have engaged in a landing on foreign territory, participated in combat operations against an opposing force, or must have participated in a designated operation for which no other service medal is authorized.

This is portrayed in the movie when the family's Thanksgiving celebration occurs and Jeremy refuses to put on his " nice " clothes and instead decides to wear his combat uniform and medal.

Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross customarily received the medal from holders of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, to symbolize the link between the combat soldier and their supporters, who helped maintain the war effort.

* Silver Star, a medal awarded for gallantry in action while in combat as a member of any of the United States armed forces

The Cross of Merit with Swords () is a Polish medal established October 19, 1942, by the Polish Government in Exile and awarded for deeds of bravery and valor not connected with direct combat, and for merit demonstrated in perilous circumstances.

He was the first living recipient of the medal, awarded the first for valor in aerial combat during the Vietnam War, and the second for gallantry as a prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese for more than seven years.

The medal itself was not worn on the combat tunic as per the 1st class Iron Cross & War Merit Cross for example, but worn as a ribbon bar, or as the ribbon alone stitched through the second from top tunic buttonhole as per 2nd Class Iron Cross and War Merit Cross.

* Medal bar, a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal

As the Purple Heart did not exist prior to 1932, records of the decoration are not annotated in service histories of those veterans who were wounded or killed by enemy action prior to the establishment of the medal.

According to his The New York Times obituary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar ( English: Order of Glory ) medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals, set in diamonds, from the Sultan Ahmad I ibn Mustafa of Turkey ( c. 1847 ), a golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit from the King of Prussia ( 1851 ); the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of Württemberg ( 1852 ); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria ( 1855 ); a cross of Chevalier in the Légion d ' honneur from the Emperor of France ; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark ( 1856 ); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this States and other countries.

The Silver Star medal is the successor decoration to the Citation Star which was established by an Act of Congress on July 9, 1918.

* which criminalizes false representation of having been awarded any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces of the United States

The Crown Army was judged too weak to oppose the four columns of enemy armies advancing into Polish Ukraine and began a fighting withdrawal to the western side of the Southern Bug River, where it regrouped and countered the Russian advance in a pitched battle, when Prince Poniatowski was victorious in the Battle of Zieleńce ( June 18, 1792 ), while Kościuszko's division took part in only some artillery exchange at the end of the battle, the general was among the first to receive the newly created Virtuti Militari medal, Poland's highest military decoration even today.

§ 704 to make it a federal criminal offense for a person to deliberately state falsely that he or she had been awarded a military decoration, service medal, or badge.

* June 28, 2012: In the case of United States v. Alvarez, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005's criminalization of the making of false claims of having been awarded a military medal, decoration, or badge was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech.

A military decoration is an award, usually a medal of some sort, given to an individual as a distinctively designed mark of honor denoting heroism, or meritorious or outstanding service or achievement.

He initially proposed that a special medal to be struck, but later accepted a Liberal amendment for a " distinctive decoration ".

The Pour le Mérite is an " order ", in which a person is admitted into membership, and should not be referred to as a " medal " or " decoration ".

In 1946 Maduro was posthumously awarded the medal of Knight 4th-class of the Military Order of William, the highest and oldest military decoration in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for the valor he had demonstrated in the Battle of the Netherlands against German troops.

A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for sporting, military, scientific, academic, or various other achievements ; military awards and decorations is a more precise term for that type of state decoration.

The Victoria Cross is a United Kingdom | British military decoration, though at times is referred to improperly as a medal.

In either case, an award or decoration may be presented as a medal.

This medal is the UN's highest decoration for the statesmen who significantly contributed to peace and cooperation worldwide.

The medal under the shield is the honorific decoration of the Order of Central African Merit

The Tirad Pass Medal was the only military medal or decoration issued by the Laurel government during the Japanese occupation.

The decoration itself, both full medal and unit citation, are considered foreign military decorations and are not provided to Vietnam veterans by any of the United States military services.

Furthermore, it reports that the main square in the capital has been renamed Paparanic Square, and Haddock awarded Tetaragua's highest decoration, the Order of the Scarlet Cheetah-a large medal is enclosed with the letter.

The medal is not the same as the Meritorious Service Medal, which is a separate federal military decoration.