- Medal for Gallantry (Greece)
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Medal for Gallantry
Αριστείο Ανδραγαθίας
Aristeion Andragathias
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GreeceType Military decoration Awarded for Heroic acts on the battlefield Statistics Established 1974[1] Precedence Next (higher) Order of the Phoenix Next (lower) Cross of Valour 
Ribbon bar of the medalThe Medal for Gallantry (Greek: Αριστείο Ανδραγαθίας) is the highest military award of Greece. It was instituted in 1974,[2] but has neither been struck nor awarded yet.
This medal may be awarded for proven heroic acts on the battlefield, in the performance of ordered military action in which life was in obvious and immediate danger, or an act which greatly exceeds the performance of duty and draws the admiration and appreciation of superiors, subordinates or the public.
References
- ^ Robertson, Megan C. (31 December 2006). "Greece: Medal for Gallantry". Medals of the World. http://www.medals.org.uk/greece/greece064.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ "Law 376/74 "On Military Medals"". National Printing Office. http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wHxY9m0TgvYxHdtvSoClrL8qch8ztD7IMbtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIDrqIzsJ1O0cD3g92lH58TfijaRh_8HG59-CVhpNOfy0..
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Decorations of Greece Orders Order of the Redeemer • Order of the Phoenix • Order of Honour • Order of Beneficence • Order of George I (defunct) • Order of Saints George and Constantine (defunct) • Order of Saints Olga and Sophia (defunct)
Gallantry and
merit medalsMedal for Gallantry • Cross of Valour • War Cross • Medal for Outstanding Acts • Medal for Exceptional Acts • Medal of Military Merit • Air Force Cross • Gendarmerie War Cross • Medal of Police Merit
Commemorative and
campaign medalsCross for the War of Independence 1821–29 • Cross for the Bavarian Auxiliary Corps • Medal for the Constitution of 1843 • Medal for the Greco-Turkish War of 1912–13 • Medal for the Greco-Bulgarian War • Medal for the Macedonian Struggle • Inter-Allied Victory Medal • Royal Hellenic Navy Campaign Cross • Maritime War Cross • Medal for the War of 1940–1941 • Medal for the War of 1941–1945 • Medal for the National Resistance • United Nations Korea Medal • Centenary Memorial Medal of the Greek Royal Family
Categories:- Military awards and decorations of Greece
- 1974 establishments in Greece
- Awards established in 1974
- Greek military stubs
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