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The Saint Helena Medal was accompanied by an award certificate from the Grand
Chancery of the Legion of Honour and came in a white cardboard box with intricate ornamentation on the lid in the form of an embossed imperial eagle over the inscription on seven lines "AUX COMPAGNONS DE GLOIRE DE NAPOLĂON
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before the need to adequately and officially recognise the service of these combat veterans was eventually recognised officially by an imperial decree of
Emperor Napoléon III creating, on 12 August 1857, the Saint Helena Medal.According to
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ribbon bearing five 1,8mm wide red vertical stripes spaced 4,5mm apart and 1mm red edge stripes. The ribbon passes through a suspension ring, itself passing through a lateral hole in the imperial crown's orb atop the medal.
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The Saint Helena Medal is of irregular shape and struck from bronze. It is a 2 cm in diameter circular medallion surrounded by a 50mm wide laurel wreath tied with a bow at the bottom. Atop the medal, a 2 cm wide
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The medal was awarded with no condition of minimum time of service or participation in a particular military campaign; it was, however, necessary to prove one's right to the medal with a record of service or leave record.
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A later decree of 16 April 1864 added the Saint Helena Medal to the list of awards that could be revoked following a condemnation to a fixed prison term of one year or more for a crime committed by the recipient.
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and various other orders, never instituted commemorative campaign medals for his soldiers. In time, many veterans of these campaigns, sometimes called the "débris de la Grande Armée" (English:
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The reverse is identical except for the medallion which bears the relief circular inscription within a narrow 20mm band "CAMPAGNES DE 1792 A 1815" (English:
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Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War
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surrounded by the relief inscription "NAPOLĂON I EMPEREUR" (English:
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North Africa
Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal
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General
Charles Oudinot, a recipient of the Saint Helena Medal
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Captain Amédée de Bast, a recipient of the Saint Helena Medal
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General Ămile
Perrodon, a recipient of the Saint Helena Medal
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General Ămile
Mellinet, a recipient of the Saint Helena Medal
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Medal for deportation and internment for acts of resistance
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Honour medal for civilian personnel of the
Defense Ministry
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to recognise participation in the campaigns led by emperor
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Honour medal for youth, sports and associative engagements
762:(in French). BibliothĂšque Nationale de France. 1864-04-16
717:(in French). BibliothĂšque Nationale de France. 1857-08-12
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Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France
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Defence and
Internal Security Volunteer Reservists Medal
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Defence and
Internal Security Volunteer Reservists Medal
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United
Nations operations in Korea commemorative medal
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National Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorism
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Croix de guerre des théùtres d'opérations extérieures
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Casimir-Louis-Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart
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1076:Regional, departmental and municipal honour medal
1628:Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition
1616:Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign
1201:Honour medal of the Judicial Protection of Youth
634:List of French general officers (Peninsular War)
249:Emperor Napoléon I, creator of the Order of the
171:Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign
639:Types of military forces in the Napoleonic Wars
305:I DĂCRET IMPĂRIAL DU 12 AOĂT 1857" (English:
544:Colonel Louis Auguste de Bourbel de Montpinçon
2539:Order of Merit of Madagascar and dependencies
2084:United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon medal
1691:Dahomey Expedition commemorative medal (1892)
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61:Military service for France from 1792 to 1815
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1679:Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal (1885)
1640:Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition
1189:Honour medal of Musical Societies and Choirs
1727:China Expedition commemorative medal (1901)
1452:Cross of the resistance volunteer combatant
293:between the years 1792 and 1815 inclusive.
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2025:Middle East operations commemorative medal
1938:Political deportation and internment medal
1703:Madagascar Expeditions commemorative medal
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571:Imperial Guard Officer Martin Marie Benard
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828:Orders, decorations, and medals of France
2389:Order of Commercial and Industrial Merit
1950:Commemorative medal of the 1939â1945 War
1802:Commemorative medal of the 1914â1918 War
1667:Commemorative medal of the 1870â1871 War
687:(in French). Marc Champenois. 2004-01-01
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218:, a recipient of the Saint Helena Medal
2607:Awards of British Overseas Territories
2013:Indochina Campaign commemorative medal
490:General François Martineau des Chesnez
469:Engineer general Jacques, comte Mallet
2520:Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam
1428:Volunteer combatant's cross 1914â1918
1016:Honour medal for courage and devotion
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1766:1914â1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal
1560:Military Health Service honour medal
1512:Medal for voluntary military service
1112:Honour medal of 1st degree education
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263:commemorative and associative medals
1148:Honour medal of the National Police
715:"Imperial Decree of 12 August 1857"
2246:Decoration of the Bordeaux Armband
1739:Morocco commemorative medal (1909)
1100:Honour medal of Waters and Forests
760:"Imperial Decree of 16 April 1864"
553:Commander Joseph Toussaint Bernard
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2210:Order of the Three-Golden Fleeces
1865:Syria-Cilicia commemorative medal
1826:Medal for Victims of the Invasion
1392:Medal of the National Gendarmerie
1225:Honour medal of Civil Engineering
587:(1789â1864), French industrialist
430:Notable recipients (partial list)
412:Emblem of the Imperial Great Army
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2060:Medal of the Nation's Gratitude
1536:Medal of the Nation's Gratitude
1040:Honour medal of Foreign Affairs
685:"France Phaléristique web site"
507:Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella
376:Reverse of the St Helena medal.
161:Medal of the Nation's Gratitude
784:Museum of the Legion of Honour
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2602:1857 establishments in France
2377:Order of the National Economy
1165:Honour medal for firefighters
863:Order of the Legion of Honour
531:Jean-Ernest Ducos de La Hitte
526:General Pierre Chrétien Korte
2496:Order of the Star of Anjouan
663:Musée de la Légion d'Honneur
581:Doctor François-Joseph Cazin
2305:Order of Merit for Veterans
1962:Medal of a liberated France
1440:Volunteer combatant's cross
1177:Medal for internal security
1028:Honour medal of Aeronautics
927:Order of Agricultural Merit
644:Uniforms of La Grande Armée
493:General Anne Charles Lebrun
350:"CAMPAIGNS OF 1792 TO 1815"
79:French and foreign soldiers
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2597:Awards established in 1857
2546:Order of Merit of Cameroon
2460:Order of Indochinese Merit
2282:Order of the Cross of July
2258:Decoration of the Fidelity
2096:French commemorative medal
1778:Dardanelles campaign medal
1249:Medal of the French Family
1237:Insigne des blessés civils
475:General Aristide de La Ruë
462:Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin
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2508:Order of Nichan el Anouar
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1814:Medal of French Gratitude
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1548:Medal for the War Wounded
1380:Cross for Military Valour
1356:Croix de Guerre 1939â1945
1344:Croix de guerre 1914â1918
1124:Penitentiary honour medal
1064:Honour medal of railroads
1052:Agricultural honour medal
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951:Order of Arts and Letters
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535:Vice admiral Odet-Pellion
466:General Mathieu Brialmont
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232:MĂ©daille de Sainte-HĂ©lĂšne
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88:French Revolutionary Wars
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18:MĂ©daille de Sainte-HĂ©lĂšne
2365:Order of Touristic Merit
2162:Order of the Holy Spirit
665:permanent exhibit, Paris
556:Major Ătienne Desjoyeaux
2532:Royal Order of Cambodia
2484:Order of the Black Star
2317:Order of Military Merit
2198:Order of the Iron Crown
2186:Order of Military Merit
1088:Honour medal of customs
939:Order of Maritime Merit
915:Order of Academic Palms
472:General Ămile Herbillon
234:) was the first French
142:Ribbon bar of the medal
2592:French campaign medals
2472:Order of Saharan Merit
2413:Order of Public Health
2401:Order of Artisan Merit
2234:Decoration of The Lily
2150:Order of Saint Michael
1904:Italian Campaign medal
1500:National Defence Medal
991:Decorations and medals
585:Pierre François Dumont
565:Captain Amédée de Bast
549:Louis-Casimir Teyssier
523:General Ămile Perrodon
520:General Pierre Schaken
496:General Ămile Mellinet
400:Presentation box cover
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2425:Order of Postal Merit
2353:Order of Labour Merit
2341:Order of Social Merit
1790:Orient campaign medal
1213:Honour medal for work
792:Napoleon's Great Army
624:French Imperial Eagle
568:Captain Claude Noisot
450:Bernard Pierre Magnan
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127:~55,000 to foreigners
125:~305,000 to Frenchmen
2437:Order of Sport Merit
2329:Order of Civil Merit
2270:Medal of the wounded
2222:Order of the Reunion
2174:Order of Saint Louis
1576:Commemorative medals
561:Jean-Joseph Charlier
335:"NAPOLĂON I EMPEROR"
70:Second French Empire
1974:Recusant's insignia
974:Order of Tahiti Nui
880:Order of Liberation
547:Lieutenant colonel
343:Désiré-Albert Barre
2072:North Africa medal
1604:Saint Helena Medal
1476:Aeronautical Medal
1332:MĂ©daille militaire
629:Grande Armée Slang
454:Marshal of France
448:Marshal of France
424:Emperor Napoléon I
388:Award certificate.
275:Fondation Napoléon
224:Saint Helena Medal
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441:Marshal of France
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