
The Military Order of Virtuti Militari (War Order of Virtuti Militari) (Latin for "For Military Valour") is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski and is one of the oldest military decorations in the world still in use. The Virtuti Militari Order (Latin: To military coura...
This project is dedicated to highlighting persons who received the medal "People's Artist of the RSFSR" during the years of the Soviet Union. Please include the recipients of the medal. People's Artist of the RSFSR (Russian: Народный артист РСФСР, Narodnyj artist RSFSR) was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music p...
The Lomonosov Gold Medal (Russian: Большая золотая медаль имени М. В. Ломоносова Bol'shaya zolotaya medal' imeni M. V. Lomonosova), named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Since 1967, two me...
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation This project is dedicated to highlighting persons who received the medal "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" during the years of the Soviet Union. Please include the recipients of the medal. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Russian: Заслуженный артист РСФСР, Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR) was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film d...
Awards, orders, medals etc. of the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russian Federation This umbrella project is for systematizing existing projects listing awards, orders, and medals. Please read about it here... Links to projects are placed below and/or in Related Projects: Russian Empire The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called Order of Saint Catherine Order of Saint Vladim...
For the British medal by the same name, see here . == The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations, but...
The modern Olympics have been taking place since 1896 (Winter Olympics since 1924). This project is designed to identify the people who have had the incredible skill and perseverance to win a medal. Alpine Skiing (Winter): Kjetil André Aamodt (1971 - ) Paul Accola (1967) Émile Allais (1912 - 2012) Sébastien Amiez (1972 - ) Debbie Armstrong (1963 - ) Wolfgang Bartels (1940 - 2007)
(an official list of recipients, in Finnish)
The Military Order of Maria Theresa (Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden in German, Katonai Mária Terézia-rend in Hungarian, Vojenský řád Marie Terezie in Czech, Vojaški red Marije Terezije in Slovenian, Croatian: Vojni Red Marije Terezije) was an Order (decoration) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire founded on June 18, 1757, the day of the Battle of Kolin, by the Empress Maria Theresa to reward especial...
Olympic medalists in basketball==This is a project about Olympic medalists in basketball, subproject and part of umbrella Olypmic Medal Winners and Sport Portal This project page is about of all basketball players: mens and womens (international), who were awarded with a gold, silver or bronze medal, on the tournament in basketball on the Olympic games.===== < BACK to Olypmic Medal Winners ====...
Las medallas conmemorativas son documentos de caracter permanente de que se ha valido el hombre que vive en sociedad para conmemorar hechos trascendentes de la actividad humana en todos sus ordenes o tambien para honrar a divinidades o personalidades esclarecidas. Estas, como las monedas, las condecoraciones y los monumentos, pertenecen a la ciencia numismatica, la cual precisamente resulta del...
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 12th Olympic Basketball Tournament, Seoul 1988 Duration: September 17 – September 30 This project refers to basketball medalists players: men's and women's, who was played and represented a States at the Summer Olympics, the 12th Olympic Basketball Tournament, in Seoul 1988. En | Cz | De | It < BACK to Olympic Medal Winners , Sport Portal , Basketb...
The Marian Smoluchowski Medal is a Polish annual science award conferred by the Polish Physical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, PTF) for contributions in the field of physics.
The Saint Helena Medal (French: Médaille de Sainte-Hélène) was the first French campaign medal. It was established in 1857 by a decree of Emperor Napoleon III to recognize participation in the campaigns led by emperor Napoleon I. Emperor Napoléon I, creator of the Order of the Legion of Honour and various other orders, never instituted commemorative campaign medals for his soldiers. In time, m...
The Cross of Merit (Polish: Krzyż Zasługi) is a Polish civil state decoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state.
Historic Decorations of Venezuela (1813-1999) Throughout this project we will try and rescue the demonym of what was once the highest exponent in numismatic ornaments to conspicuous gallantry, tenacity and courage of the Heroes of the Independence of America: the Cross of the Liberators.It focuses, then, on bringing together all those individuals (Venezuelans and / or foreigners alike, civil or...
This is a portal to all of the United Nations Medals.A United Nations Medal is an international decoration awarded by the United Nations (U.N.) to the various world countries militaries for participation in joint international military and police operations such as peacekeeping, humanitarian efforts, and disaster relief. The medal is ranked in militaries and police forces as a service medal. Th...