24-539: The fourragère ( French: [fuʁaʒɛʁ] , from fourrage , "fodder") is a military award , distinguishing military units as a whole, in the form of a braided cord. The award was first adopted by France , followed by other nations such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and Luxembourg. Fourragères have been awarded to units of both national and foreign militaries, except for that of Luxembourg, which has not been awarded to any foreign units. The origin of
48-487: A member of a 5-mentions regiment leaves but took part in only two mentioned actions, he can only wear the croix de guerre fourragère and not the médaille militaire fourragère . The Military William Order, or often named Military Order of William, is the oldest and highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The Order's motto is Voor Moed, Beleid en Trouw (For Bravery , Leadership and Loyalty ). The chivalric order
72-464: A second award. Fourragères are often worn as decorative items to liven up ceremonial uniforms in military, police, and cadet organisations. Members of the United States and Canadian 1st Special Service Force wore a red, white, and blue fourragère made out of parachute shroud lines without having earned them in any particular form of military engagement. fourrage#French From Misplaced Pages,
96-404: Is normally worn by members of a unit awarded the decoration. When they leave the unit, they have to relinquish the fourragère . However members who took part personally in the actions leading to the award of the fourragère can continue to wear the fourragère , even after leaving the unit. They can only wear a fourragère corresponding to the number of actions they actually took part in. Thus, if
120-615: The Battle of the Dogger Bank against the British fleet. It was the first modern Dutch decoration. The Batavian Republic , founded after the French invasion of 1795, did not institute any orders or medals. The Kingdom of Holland was founded in 1805 to provide a throne for Napoleon 's younger brother Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte . The "King of Holland" founded an "Orde van de Unie", (English: Order of
144-641: The Military Valor Medal (blue and white) and the Order of the Tower and Sword (solid blue). The Vietnam Gallantry Cross is the equivalent of the French Croix de Guerre. It was created by Decree No 74-b/Qt dated 15 August 1950 and Decree No 96/DQT/HC dated 2 May 1952. Both individuals (denoted by a star) and formations (denoted by a palm) cited for gallantry were awarded the decoration. Formations that were awarded
168-628: The Netherlands Government. The house orders , however, are awarded at the discretion of the Dutch monarch alone. Over the centuries, hundreds of medals , decorations for merit or valour and orders of knighthood have been instituted by the successive governments of the Netherlands . The oldest were founded by the counts of Holland . Their successors, the House of Burgundy , founded the famous Order of
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216-494: The fourragère should not be confused with the aiguillette (distinctive insignia of the aide-de-camp) which was introduced by Napoleon I and which it closely resembles (the aiguillette is merely a golden fourragère ). The modern fourragère of the French Army is awarded to all members of military units which have been awarded a mention in despatches . It should not be confused with unit awards of particular decorations, where
240-659: The Gallantry Cross for two or more occasions were initially authorized to wear a fourragère . The Vietnam Civil Action is another of the South Vietnamese fourragères . In appearance it resembled the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, but rather than yellow and red, it was green and red. Formations that were awarded the medal or emblem for two or more occasions are authorized to wear a fourragère . Many units and individuals were awarded one award, but few were presented with
264-628: The Golden Fleece . This order still exists in Spain and in the Austrian imperial House. The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands did not possess an order of knighthood. Instead so called "Beloningspenningen", golden medals on golden chains, were given as gifts to ambassadors and successful admirals. In 1781 a medal called the "Doggersbank medaille" was awarded to the officers who took part in
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#1732851663290288-629: The Orange Lanyard. The Orange Lanyard is worn as a cord around the right shoulder and can be worn simultaneously with the French or Belgian fourragère of the Croix de Guerre . The Orange Lanyard is considered a permanent decoration and is worn for the duration of a military member's career. The Belgian fourragère of 1940 was created by Prince Charles of Belgium , Regent of the Kingdom to honor certain military formations that distinguished themselves during
312-569: The Order is extremely rarely awarded and only for excellent bravery in battle. The unit's Regimental Colour are decorated with the badge of the 4th Class itself, which hangs from the finial of the pike. The version of the Military William Order for unit members is known as the Orange Lanyard . Only those who served in a military unit at the particular time of action are entitled to wear
336-652: The Orders of the Army. There were then six fourragères, depending on the numbers of Mentions in dispatches awarded to the unit: If a unit received this distinction in both the First and Second World Wars, its fourragère bears two olives, one for each conflict it earned mentions. These olives are different: During the Second World War , the medal of the Ordre de la Libération was awarded to
360-585: The Second World War. It consists of three cords terminated by a knot and a metal tag, and is braided in red and green; the colors of the Belgian Croix de guerre of 1940. The fourragère is in cotton for non-commissioned officers and soldiers and in silk for officers. The Luxembourg Army currently awards an orange and blue fourragère . Portugal has three fourragères : the War Cross (red and green),
384-660: The Union , later dubbed "Order of Holland" then "Royal Order of Holland"). The first king of the Netherlands, William I , founded the Military Order of William and a civilian order, the Order of the Netherlands Lion . His successors founded several orders of merit and some two hundred medals, stars and crosses. The Netherlands never established a colonial order for the Dutch East Indies . The order of wear of Dutch Honours
408-566: The award is not entirely certain, but at least two conjectural stories have been posited. The first involves Flemish soldiers serving under the Duke of Alva who were reported as having been cowardly in battle. The Duke threatened them all with hanging if they did not perform better in future engagements, and the soldiers, so insulted by the insinuation, took to wearing cords tied to large nails around their shoulders, as if to say, "Hang me by this cord and nail if you see me run from battle." Following this,
432-470: The famous Foreign Legion regiment the 3rd Foreign Infantry wears a double fourragère red and green with red stripes (9 mentions during World War I), with an olive red with green stripes (3 mentions during World War II) and a fourragère yellow with green stripes, with an olive red and blue (5 mentions during Overseas Wars). Fourragères used by the French Foreign Legion are: The fourragère
456-418: The first character; please check alternative capitalizations and consider adding a redirect here to the correct title. If the page has been deleted, check the deletion log , and see Why was the page I created deleted? Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourrage " Dutch honours system In the Dutch honours system , most orders are the responsibility of ministers of
480-491: The flags of 17 military units, whose members now wear a fourragère since June 18, 1996. This fourragère is considered the top unit award in the French military, as the ordre de la Libération award is seen to be more important than any mention in dispatches. Certain French military units wear combinations of fourragères , if they were mentioned in orders in both one of the World War and an overseas (colonial) war. For example,
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#1732851663290528-611: The medal itself is hung on the flag of the unit. For example, there are many units wearing the fourragère of the médaille militaire , whereas only six units wore the medal on their flags. (See also the article dealing with the Croix de Guerre .) It was introduced during the First World War , when the French Ministry of War first awarded the fourragère to units which had been recorded as distinguishing themselves more than once in
552-421: The unit's members performed so well that the rope and nail became a badge of honor. The other is that to the extent that an aiguillette is a form of fourragère , the wearing of armor by European knights required the use of ropes with metal tabs and a squire to cinch the armor into place—the squire would carry these cords over his shoulder, hence the association with aides de camp . As a regimental distinction
576-471: Was established on 30 April 1815 by King William I and was presented for feats of excellent bravery on the battlefield and as a meritorious decoration to senior military officers. Comparable with the French Légion d'Honneur but far less awarded, the Military William Order is a chivalry order of merit open to everyone regardless of rank and nobility, and not only to Dutch military but also foreigners. To date
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