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5 days ago · Today, various members of most European royal families wear sashes (also known as ribands) as part of their royal (and/or military) regalia on formal occasions. Some merit orders (such as the French Legion of Honour ) also include sashes as part of the senior-most grades' insignia.
4 days ago · Souls of slain heroes form’d thy rays; Eternity flash’d through thy blaze; The music of thy martial sphere Was fame on high and honour here; And thy light broke on human eyes, Like a volcano of the skies.
4 days ago · From its origin as a city-state on the peninsula of Italy in the 8th century BC, to its rise as an empire covering much of Southern Europe, Western Europe, Near East and North Africa to its fall in the 5th century AD, the political history of Ancient Rome was closely entwined with its military history.
2 days ago · In August 2021 he received the highest honor that the Austrian State bestows on those who do not hold institutional positions, the Great Gold Medal of Honor for services to the Austrian Republic. In October 2021 Maestro Muti was appointed Honorary Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
5 days ago · Decades later, both Jim and Eric were awarded the Legion of Honour and the former will be involved in the opening of a D-Day80 exhibition at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen on...
1 day ago · Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (Romanian: [korˈneliu ˈzele̯a koˈdre̯anu] ⓘ; 13 September 1899 – 30 November 1938), born Corneliu Zelinski and commonly known as Corneliu Codreanu, was a Romanian politician of the far right, the founder and charismatic leader of the Iron Guard or The Legion of the Archangel Michael (also known as the Legionary ...
3 days ago · CHICAGO (WLS) -- Three veterans of World War II are on their way to France on Monday night to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the invasion of Normandy. They received a special honor...
