What are the Canadian military medals?
What are the Canadian military medals?
Orders, Decorations, and Medals
- Victoria Cross (VC)
- Cross of Valour (CV)
- Order of Merit (OM)
- Companion of the Order of Canada (CC)
- Officer of the Order of Canada (OC)
- Member of the Order of Canada (CM)
- Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM)
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (COM)
Who got the Defence medal?
The Defence Medal was awarded for service in the forces in non-operational areas subjected to air attack or closey threatened for at least three years service in Great Britain until 8th May 1945 or one year in territories overseas until 2 September 1945.
What is Canada’s highest military medal awarded for?
The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is awarded for “the most conspicuous bravery, a daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty, in the presence of the enemy” at any point after 1 January 1993.
Are military medals worth any money?
A medal, especially one that has been in your family for generations or was given to you by a person you care for, can be priceless. Therefore, this value cannot be measured in terms of money.
Does Canada have a Purple Heart?
Canada’s equivalent of America’s Purple Heart medal, the Sacrifice Medal, was announced in August 2008. The medal was originally to be awarded only to those killed or wounded by hostile action, but Ben Walsh, whose son, Master Cpl.
Did Home Guard get medals?
The Home Guard was part of the British Army and, as such, any member of the Home Guard has the same medal entitlement as a member of the regular army. Unfortunately as the Home Guard did not serve overseas the only medal which they were definitely entitled to was the Defence Medal.
Has Canada ever won the Medal of Honor?
The nine were among the 61 Canadians who have won the Congressional Medal of Honor, more than half of them during the U.S. Civil War (1861-65) and only four since 1900. “It’s our national day. The most recent award to a Canadian went to Peter Lemon of Toronto for action in Vietnam in 1970.
