词条 | Military Medal for Gallantry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Military Medal For Gallantry An Bonn Míleata Calmachta | image = Military Medal For Gallantry with Honour Military Medal For Gallantry with Distinction Military Medal For Gallantry with Merit | caption = | awarded_by = {{IRL}} | country = | type = | eligibility = Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and privates/seaman/aircrew of the Defence Forces and members of the Army Nursing and Chaplaincy Services. | for = Acts of exceptional bravery or gallantry during military service with risk to life and personal safety. | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = BMC | established = 1944 | first_award = | last_award = | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = None | same = | lower = Distinguished Service Medal | related = | image2 = | caption2 = }} The Military Medal For Gallantry (MMG) ({{lang-ga|An Bonn Míleata Calmachta}}) is a military decoration awarded by the Government of Ireland.[1] It is the highest award of the military awards and decorations of Ireland. HistoryCreated in 1944, the Military Medal for Gallantry is awarded in three different classes. Originally referred to as 1st, 2nd and 3rd class, but since 1984 they have been respectively been referred to with Honour, with Distinction, and with Merit. Since the medal's inception it has been awarded six times with Distinction and twice with Merit. It has never been awarded with Honour.[2] CriteriaThe Military Medal for Gallantry is awarded for "any act of exceptional bravery or gallantry (other than one performed on war service) arising out of, or associated with, military service and involving risk to life and limb." The medal can be awarded to officers, non-commissioned officers, or privates/seaman/aircrew of the Defence Forces and to members of the Army Nursing Service and Chaplaincy Services.[2] AppearanceThe medal is made of silver when awarded with Honour and is bronze when awarded with Distinction and Merit. The obverse of the medal depicts a cross with St. Brendan's knot on each arm. Superimposed on the cross is a laurel wreath. In the centre are the words DE ḂARR CALMAĊTA (For Gallantry). The reverse is plain except for the inscription An Bonn Míleata Calmaċta arching over a scroll on which to inscribes the recipient's name. The maker's hallmark is located at the bottom.[2] The medal hangs from a straight arm suspension attached to a {{convert|35|mm|adj=on}} ribbon which is green and crimson. The ribbon for the medal with Honour is green with a {{convert|3|mm|adj=on}} central stripe of crimson, while the medal with Distinction is green with {{convert|6|mm|adj=on}} stripes of crimson at the edges, and the medal with Merit is green with 3-millimetre crimson edges and a 3-millimetre crimson central stripe.[2] Subsequent awards of the medal are denoted by a {{convert|7|mm|adj=on}} metal disc bearing a Celtic triquetra design.[2] RecipientsThere have only been eight recipients of the Military Medal for Gallantry, of which 6 have received it with Distinction (2nd class) and 2 with Merit (3rd class).
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution Third Progress Report |archivedate=21 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721123405/http://www.constitution.ie/reports/3rd-Report-President.pdf |url=http://www.constitution.ie/reports/3rd-Report-President.pdf|publisher=Government of Ireland, Stationery Office|accessdate=22 October 2012|date=1998}} {{Decorations of Ireland}}{{Highest gallantry awards}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Medals of the Irish Defence Forces| url=http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/documents/Df_Medals_2010.pdf |publisher=Irish Defence Forces|accessdate=12 October 2012|date=October 2010}} by BQMS Ger O'Connor 54 Reserve Artillery Regiment Mullingar 2010 4 : Orders, decorations, and medals of Ireland|Courage awards|Awards established in 1944|1944 establishments in Ireland |
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