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National Defence Medal

Index National Defence Medal

The National Defence Medal ("Médaille de la Défense nationale") is a French military decoration. [1]

27 relations: Army corps general, Army general (France), Édouard Guillaud, Benoît Puga, Bruno Dary, Croix de Guerre, Cyril Soyer, Dalida, Denis Mercier, Francis Pollet, La Marseillaise, Legion of Honour, Master corporal, Medal for voluntary military service, Moiré pattern, National Gendarmerie, National Order of Merit (France), Obverse and reverse, Overseas Medal, Paris Fire Brigade, Phrygian cap, Pierre-François Forissier, Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou, Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme, Ribbons of the French military and civil awards, Rudeness, Xavier Bout de Marnhac.

Army corps general

An army corps general or corps general is a senior rank in several armies, including those of France and Italy.

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Army general (France)

A général d'armée (army general) is the highest active military rank of the French Army.

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Édouard Guillaud

Amiral Édouard Guillaud (born 10 July 1953), AFP-Le Figaro, 27 January 2010 is a retired French Naval Officer and Admiral.

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Benoît Puga

Benoît Puga (born 30 January 1953 in Saint-Mandé) is a French Général d'armée of the French Army and Grand Chancellor G.C. of the Légion d'honneur L.H (Grand Chancelier de la Légion d'honneur).

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Bruno Dary

Bruno Dary (born 21 December 1952 in Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) is a Général d'armée of the French Army and Commandant of the French Foreign Legion.

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Croix de Guerre

The Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) is a military decoration of France.

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Cyril Soyer

Cyril Soyer (born 30 October 1978) is a French judoka.

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Dalida

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), better known as Dalida (داليدا), was a French-Italian-Egyptian singer and actress who spent most of her career in France.

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Denis Mercier

Général d'armée aérienne Denis Mercier is a former Chief of Staff of the French Air Force.

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Francis Pollet

Francis Pollet (born 5 May 1964 at Roubaix), is a French professor and General officer.

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La Marseillaise

"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Master corporal

Master corporal (MCpl) (caporal-chef or cplc), in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Army Cadets is an appointment of the rank of Corporal in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Medal for voluntary military service

The Medal for voluntary military service ("Médaille des services militaires volontaires") is a French military decoration established on 13 March 1975 by decree 75-150.

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Moiré pattern

In mathematics, physics, and art, a moiré pattern or moiré fringes are large-scale interference patterns that can be produced when an opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.

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National Gendarmerie

The National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie nationale) is one of two national police forces of France, along with the National Police.

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National Order of Merit (France)

The National Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mérite) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle.

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Obverse and reverse

Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics.

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Overseas Medal

The Overseas Medal (Médaille d'Outre-Mer) is a commemorative or campaign medal issued to members of the French Armed Forces for participating in operations outside national territory.

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Paris Fire Brigade

The Paris Fire Brigade (French: Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, BSPP), is a French Army unit which serves as the primary fire and rescue service for Paris and certain sites of national strategic importance.

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Phrygian cap

The Phrygian cap or liberty cap is a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe and Anatolia, including Phrygia, Dacia, and the Balkans.

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Pierre-François Forissier

Pierre-François Forissier (born 29 December 1951, Lorient) is a notable French Admiral Submariner and former Chief of Staff of the French Navy, a post which he took up, on February 4, 2008 and left on September 12, 2011.

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Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou

Prince Charles-Philippe Marie Louis of Orléans, Duke of Anjou (Charles Philippe Marie Louis d’Orléans; born 3 March 1973 in Paris, France) is a Prince and member of the House of Orléans.

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Prince Jean, Duke of Vendôme

Prince Jean of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (Jean Charles Pierre Marie; born 19 May 1965 in Paris, France), also called Jean d’Orléans, is the second son of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France, the Head of the House of Orléans, and Duchess Marie Therese of Württemberg.

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Ribbons of the French military and civil awards

This is a list of the ribbons of the French military and civil awards.

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Rudeness

Rudeness (also called effrontery) is a display of disrespect by not complying with the social norms or etiquette of a group or culture.

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Xavier Bout de Marnhac

Lieutenant General Xavier Bout de Marnhac (born 7 July 1951 in Trier, Germany) is a French military commander and former head of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) and of EULEX.

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Medaille de la Defense nationale, Médaille de la Défense nationale.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Medal

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