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This is a list of some of the modern orders, decorations and medals of France. Some, like the Legion of Honour, are awarded to both the armed forces and civilians. Others are decorations of a pure civilian or military character. Only four of the 19 Ministerial orders have survived the reform of the French system of decorations in 1963.
The total number of awards is close to 1 million [6] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021, [5] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients [7]), with some 92,000 recipients alive today. [8] Only until 2008 was gender parity achieved amongst the yearly list of recipients, with the total number of women recipients since the award's establishment being ...
Médaille d'Outre-Mer (former colonial medal) Médaille d'Or de la Défense Nationale pour citation sans croix (since décret n° 2004-624 of 25 June 2004) Médaille de la Défense Nationale; Médaille des Services Militaires Volontaires; Honor medals of the different ministerial departments
According to an investigative report from French news site La Lettre, around 100 complaints have come in from Olympians who have seen their medals noticeably degrade. The earliest complaints began ...
The Order of Arts and Letters (French: "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"), established in 1956, was also maintained. A new development is that on 5 June 1996, the Order of Tahiti Nui (French: "l'Ordre de Tahiti Nui") was established by the Assembly of French Polynesia (French: "Assemblée de Polynésie française"), the local French Polynesian ...
Syria-Cilicia commemorative medal; Military Health Service honour medal; Médaille de la Famille française; Médaille de la Gendarmerie nationale; Medal of French Gratitude; Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914–1918 Great War; Medal for Victims of the Invasion; Medal of a liberated France; Medal of the Nation's ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of France (5 C, 13 P) S. French science and technology awards (3 C, 20 P) ... Pages in category "French awards"
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