Medal of Honor (Monaco)

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The Medal of Honor was donated by Decree No. 296 on February 5, 1894 by Prince Albert I of Monaco and is awarded for exceptional civil and military services to the principality .

The round medal , which is awarded in three stages ( gold or silver- gilt , silver, bronze ), is surrounded by a thick laurel wreath . In the middle it shows the bust of the ruling prince turned to the right. The corresponding inscription in a circlet, for example ALBERT I PRINCE DE MONACO (Albert I Prince of Monaco) on the first coinage . On the reverse in the middle the word DEVOIR and all around the hoop in the upper semicircle PTE DE MONACO and 5 FEVRIER 1894 in the lower semicircle.

The award is worn on a red and white ribbon on the left side of the chest.

  • Medal of Honor (front)

  • Medal of Honor (back)

literature

  • Jacques Guiraud-Darmais: Ordres et Décorations Monégasques. 2me édition augmentée, review, corrigée. Archives du Palais Princier, Monaco 1996, ISBN 2-903147-15-9 .