Médaille de la Resistance
The Médaille de la Résistance was founded by Decree No. 42 by the leader of Free France and later French President General Charles de Gaulle on February 9, 1943 in London . It is intended to honor people and institutions who have achieved merit since June 18, 1940 through their actions and their courage in liberating the country and its colonies against the enemies and their accomplices.
Awards
By decree of November 2, 1945, the rosette was established on the ribbon, which is awarded for special merits.
A total of around 62,000 awards were made, around 23,000 of them posthumously. In addition, 22 military units and 33 institutions (e.g. the municipality of Lyon on November 20, 1947 or the Brazzaville radio station on January 3, 1946) received the award.
The Médaille de la Résistance was awarded after the Second World War for services in Indochina up to December 31, 1947. An award is now only permitted posthumously for services rendered up to this point in time.
Appearance
The award is a round medal made of bronze , on which a Lorraine cross can be seen, which protrudes over the top of the medal. In the lower semicircle the Roman numerals XVIII. VI MCMXL (June 18, 1940). On the back there is the three-line inscription PATRIA NON IMMEMOR (the fatherland will not forget it) on a stylized ribbon .
Carrying method
The Médaille de la Résistance is worn on a red ribbon with a narrow black central stripe and two wide and narrow side stripes on the left side of the chest.
literature
- André Damien: Les Ordres de Chevalerie et les Décorations. Éditions Mémoire et Documents, Versailles 2002, ISBN 2-914611-05-6 .
