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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands (6 C, 18 P) New Zealand Royal Honours System (7 C, 18 P) Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria (2 C, 4 P)
Award Name (English/Spanish) Date of creation Award criteria Hero of the Republic of Cuba Héroe de la República de Cuba: 10 December 1979 "Awarded to members of the Armed Forces and to any Cuban citizen or from friendly countries, for extraordinary merits and feats carried out in the defense of the homeland and the conquests of the Revolution or for exceptional contributions to the cause of ...
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Soviet Union: 9 May 1975 [20] Order of the October Revolution Soviet Union: 13 August 1976 [21] Commemorative Medal 20th Anniversary of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Cuba: 25 November 1976 First person awarded. [22] Order of Courage Libya: 10 March 1977
This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...
The Mexican Honors system consists of civil orders, decorations and medals that are conferred on citizens and foreigners in recognition of their services and achievements. Although the indigenous empires that made up modern Mexico had their own way of recognizing individuals, the current system traces its roots from colonial New Spain , and has ...
Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
They were also the first Olympic medals of any kind for Fiji, Jordan, and Kosovo. [16] [18] [19] Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani became the first independent athlete to win a gold medal. [24] The United States led the medal table both in number of gold medals won and in overall medals, winning 46 and 121 respectively. [25]
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [ 16 ]