Médaille militaire (France), a military decoration of the French Republic first established in 1852 by Emperor Napoleon III for award to privates and non-commissioned officers who distinguished themselves by acts of bravery in action against an enemy force
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr | Medaille College | École Militaire | Prytanée National Militaire | Médaille militaire | École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr | Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft | Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr | List of Foreign recipients of the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française | École militaire de l'air de Salon-de-Provence | École militaire | Dorand AR.1 en 1916 a l'école d'aviation militaire Le Crotoy |
A decree of 17 September 1921 added all veterans of the war of 1870-1871 that were wounded or maimed in combat, or that particularly distinguished themselves in the face of the enemy, as potential recipients of the Military Medal.
At the end of the war, decorated with the Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre, Médaille militaire, but invalided out with an invalidity rate of 100%, he could not perform his job.