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Old June 22nd, 2007, 08:37 AM
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Default Re: Them fancy medals adorning our posts
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Originally Posted by Otto View Post
  1. Purple Heart - USA
  2. Order of the Rising Sun - Japan
  3. Wound Badge in Gold - Germany
  4. Distinguished Service Medal - USA
  5. Order of the Great Patriotic War - USSR
  6. Cross for War Merit - Italy
  7. Distinguished Flying Cross - UK
  8. Frontflugspange fur Fern-Nachtjager im Gelb mit Einsatzzahl 1,200. (Luftwaffe Night Fighter Clasp for 1,200 missions) - Germany
  9. Order of the Sacred Treasure - Japan
  10. Order of the Star Knights Cross w/ Swords - Rumania
  11. Hero of the Soviet Union - USSR
  12. Mannerheim Cross - Finland
  13. Medal of Honor - USA
  14. Victoria Cross - UK
  15. Knight's Cross - Germany
  16. *Pour Le Mérite - Various (*no one has yet earned this medal
I can't understand why you'd award the Medal of Honor and the Victoria Cross before the Knights Cross. Although Germany was the longest in the war among the three nations it seems that the Knights Cross was awarded with the most frequency. Unless I'm wrong somewhere the following is the number of respective awards given with each medal: Knights Cross: 890 awarded; Medal of Honor: 464 awarded; and Victoria Cross: 182 awarded. Just curious how you arrived at this.....
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