L'armata Brancaleone
1983
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Mostra del Cinema di Venezia Golden Lion 1959 · Winner
Academy Award Foreign Language Film 1960 · Nominated
British MedalsAwarded During WW1. Pip, Squeak and Wilfred are the nicknames given to three British WWI campaign medals that are the most likely medals to be found among family heirlooms: The 1914-15 Star, the War Medal and the Victory Medal. The medals’ nicknames come from a popular comic strip of the time from the Daily Mirror newspaper.
- Instituted: 29th January 1856
- Distinguished Service Order
- Allied Victory Medal
The Victoria Cross(VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy” to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and to civilian...
Post-nominal entitlement: D.S.O. Instituted: 6th September 1886 Instituted on 6th September 1886 by Queen Victoria in a Royal Warrant the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth. The first DSOs were awarded on 25th November 1886 for meritorious or distinguished...
The Victory medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal and known as ‘Wilfred’) is a medal that was awarded to all who received the 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star and, with certain exceptions, to those who received the British War Medal. It was never awarded alone. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfr...
On this page, you will find all military and campaign medals, orders, awards, and decorations of the United States given during (and after) The Great War, or World War I. The country declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917 (three years after the beginning of World War I. Before entering the war, the United States had remained neutral ...
Nearly all of the nations involved in the Great War had medals and awards which they bestowed upon their citizens and allies for meritorious service or specific acts of bravery. Many of these awards existed long before the war. Some had long and complex histories. Some were newly instituted during the war. Awards can be split into two rough ...
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Mar 24, 2020 · The war brought a significant surge in the awarding of these decorations, but given their nature they remained relatively uncommon, with the number of wartime awards rarely exceeding the number of pre-1914 decorations. New Military Decorations ↑. The Great War saw an unprecedented number of men and women serving in the military.
