TIMELINE OF… MILITARY DECORATIONS
Oct 28, 2021
2 minutes
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ANCIENT AWARDS
Military decorations are first recorded in the Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom with the ‘Order of the Golden Collar’. The Romans award a ‘Hasta Pura’ decoration of a special spear for valorous acts or a sculpted disc called a ‘phalera’.
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MEDIEVAL ORDERS
European knights are often accepted into chivalric Orders for meritorious acts of personal military service.
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