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Valor<br />(Royal version & Republican version)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Military decoration</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Deeds of outstanding gallantry in war</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location">Italy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data">Junior officers and soldiers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">21 May 1793</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg/120px-Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg/150px-Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg/200px-Valor_militare_gold_medal_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ribbon bar of the medal</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (higher)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Italy" title="Military Order of Italy">Military Order of Italy</a><sup id="cite_ref-precedence_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-precedence-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next (lower)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medal_for_Army_Valor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medal for Army Valor (page does not exist)">Gold Medal for Army Valor</a><sup id="cite_ref-precedence_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-precedence-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Gold Medal of Military Valor</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Medaglia d'oro al valor militare</i>) is an Italian <a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medal</a> established on 21 May 1793 by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Amadeus_III_of_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia">King Victor Amadeus III</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a> for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers. </p><p>The face of the medal displayed the profile of the king, and on its reverse was a flag decoration and the words "for Valor". </p><p>On 14 August 1815, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_I_of_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia">Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia</a> replaced it with the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Savoy" title="Military Order of Savoy">Military Order of Savoy</a>, now known as the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Italy" title="Military Order of Italy">Military Order of Italy</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charles_Albert_of_Sardinia" title="Charles Albert of Sardinia">Charles Albert of Sardinia</a> revived it on 26 March 1833, and added to it the Silver and bronze medals. These had, on their faces, the coat of arms of Savoy with laurel branches, the royal crown, and the words "for military Valor". On the reverse were two laurel branches enclosing the name of the decorated soldier, and the place and date of the action. </p><p>With the proclamation of the Republic on 2 June 1946, the coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Savoy" title="House of Savoy">House of Savoy</a> was replaced with the <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Italy" title="Emblem of Italy">emblem of the Italian Republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For actions performed by individuals during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the Gold Medal was awarded some 368 times, as well as 37 times to military units, and once to the Unknown Soldier. Only four of the individual awards went to foreigners, one of these being <a href="/wiki/Czar_Nicholas_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Czar Nicholas II">Tsar Nicholas II</a> of Russia. The other three were for acts of gallantry in which the recipient was killed in action or died from his injuries (the Frenchmen John O'Byrne and Roland Morillot, and the American Coleman deWitt).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gold Medal of Military Valor was one of the most parsimoniously awarded medals of World War I, granted less frequently than even the Victoria Cross which was awarded 628 times.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the medal was awarded to soldiers of the Royal Italian Army; after these forces were reorganized following the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Italy">Armistice with Italy</a> in 1943, it was awarded to members of the Allies-supporting <a href="/wiki/Italian_Co-Belligerent_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Co-Belligerent Army">Italian Co-Belligerent forces</a>. The Axis-affiliated <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a> created another design of the medal, with a <a href="/wiki/Gladius" title="Gladius">Gladius</a> replacing the arms of Savoy, for members of the <i><a href="/wiki/Esercito_Nazionale_Repubblicano" class="mw-redirect" title="Esercito Nazionale Repubblicano">Esercito Nazionale Repubblicano</a></i> from 1943 to 1945. This version of the award was not given recognition by the postwar Italian government.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Gold Medal for Military Valor is still awarded by the Italian state, and it, along with Silver and bronze medals for Military Valor as well as the War Cross of Military Valor (which can only be awarded in time of war) was established by the Royal Decree of 4 November 1932, in which the purpose of these medals is defined as, "to distinguish and publicly honour the authors of heroic military acts, even ones performed in time of peace, provided that the exploit is closely connected with the purposes for which the Armed Forces are constituted, whatever may be the condition or quality of the author."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_recipients">Notable recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notable recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first recipient was <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Millelire" title="Domenico Millelire">Domenico Millelire</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Sardinian_Navy" title="Royal Sardinian Navy">Royal Sardinian Navy</a> on 6 April 1793 and the latest recipient was in 2014 Chief Corporal-Major <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Adorno" title="Andrea Adorno">Andrea Adorno</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Alpini_Paratroopers_Regiment" title="4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment">4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment</a> for combat operations in <a href="/wiki/Bala_Murghab" title="Bala Murghab">Bala Murghab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> in 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individuals">Individuals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Adorno" title="Andrea Adorno">Andrea Adorno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Airaghi" title="Cesare Airaghi">Cesare Airaghi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abele_Ambrosini" title="Abele Ambrosini">Abele Ambrosini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irma_Bandiera" title="Irma Bandiera">Irma Bandiera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Baracca" title="Francesco Baracca">Francesco Baracca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Battisti_(politician)" title="Cesare Battisti (politician)">Cesare Battisti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Baudoin" title="Giuseppe Baudoin">Giuseppe Baudoin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuele_Beraudo_di_Pralormo" title="Emanuele Beraudo di Pralormo">Emanuele Beraudo di Pralormo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annibale_Bergonzoli" title="Annibale Bergonzoli">Annibale Bergonzoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edoardo_Bianchini" title="Edoardo Bianchini">Edoardo Bianchini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Borg_Pisani" title="Carmelo Borg Pisani">Carmelo Borg Pisani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junio_Valerio_Borghese" title="Junio Valerio Borghese">Junio Valerio Borghese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Emanuele_Buscaglia" title="Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia">Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Caimi" title="Giuseppe Caimi">Giuseppe Caimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Calipari" title="Nicola Calipari">Nicola Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inigo_Campioni" title="Inigo Campioni">Inigo Campioni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carla_Capponi" title="Carla Capponi">Carla Capponi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvo_D%27Acquisto" title="Salvo D'Acquisto">Salvo D'Acquisto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_De_Rosa" title="Francesco De Rosa">Francesco De Rosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furio_Niclot_Doglio" title="Furio Niclot Doglio">Furio Niclot Doglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Durand_de_la_Penne" title="Luigi Durand de la Penne">Luigi Durand de la Penne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unat%C3%B9_Endisciau" title="Unatù Endisciau">Unatù Endisciau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilio_Fa%C3%A0_di_Bruno" title="Emilio Faà di Bruno">Emilio Faà di Bruno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Fecia_di_Cossato" title="Carlo Fecia di Cossato">Carlo Fecia di Cossato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Fornasini" title="Giovanni Fornasini">Giovanni Fornasini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Galliano" title="Giuseppe Galliano">Giuseppe Galliano</a> (twice awarded)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Garc%C3%ADa_Morato" title="Joaquín García Morato">Joaquín García Morato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurizio_Giglio" title="Maurizio Giglio">Maurizio Giglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Giorgi_(soldier)" title="Luigi Giorgi (soldier)">Luigi Giorgi</a> (twice awarded)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Gorrini" title="Luigi Gorrini">Luigi Gorrini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuliano_Gozi" title="Giuliano Gozi">Giuliano Gozi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amedeo_Guillet" title="Amedeo Guillet">Amedeo Guillet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filippo_Illuminato" title="Filippo Illuminato">Filippo Illuminato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Locatelli" title="Antonio Locatelli">Antonio Locatelli</a> (thrice awarded)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Lorenzini" title="Orlando Lorenzini">Orlando Lorenzini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille" title="Hans-Joachim Marseille">Hans-Joachim Marseille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giulio_Martinat" title="Giulio Martinat">Giulio Martinat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Mascherpa" title="Luigi Mascherpa">Luigi Mascherpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umberto_Masotto" title="Umberto Masotto">Umberto Masotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrado_Mazzoni" title="Corrado Mazzoni">Corrado Mazzoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenico_Millelire" title="Domenico Millelire">Domenico Millelire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Minniti" class="mw-redirect" title="Tito Minniti">Tito Minniti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Morillot" title="Roland Morillot">Roland Morillot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pore_Mosulishvili" title="Pore Mosulishvili">Pore Mosulishvili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_M%C3%BCncheberg" title="Joachim Müncheberg">Joachim Müncheberg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Angelo_Orzali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angelo Orzali (page does not exist)">Angelo Orzali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Arbib_Pascucci" title="Luigi Arbib Pascucci">Luigi Arbib Pascucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Pedranzini" title="Pietro Pedranzini">Pietro Pedranzini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Pertini" title="Sandro Pertini">Sandro Pertini</a></li> <li><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Reverberi" class="extiw" title="it:Luigi Reverberi">Luigi Reverberi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Rizzo" title="Luigi Rizzo">Luigi Rizzo</a> (twice awarded)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Romero" title="Giovanni Romero">Giovanni Romero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulco_Ruffo_di_Calabria" title="Fulco Ruffo di Calabria">Fulco Ruffo di Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teseo_Tesei" title="Teseo Tesei">Teseo Tesei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tonelli" title="Virginia Tonelli">Virginia Tonelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Toti" title="Enrico Toti">Enrico Toti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leandro_Ver%C3%AC" title="Leandro Verì">Leandro Verì</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Viviani_(soldier)" title="Luigi Viviani (soldier)">Luigi Viviani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Yorke,_4th_Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke">Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentino_La_Barba" title="Trentino La Barba">Trentino La Barba</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_units">Military units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first military unit awarded a Gold Medal was <a href="/w/index.php?title=His_Majesty%27s_Dragoons_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="His Majesty's Dragoons Regiment (page does not exist)">His Majesty's Dragoons Regiment</a> (<i>Reggimento Dragoni di Sua Maestà</i>) on 21 April 1796 for the unit's conduct during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mondov%C3%AC" title="Battle of Mondovì">Battle of Mondovì</a>. Although at the time the Medal was exclusively awarded for personal bravery, King <a href="/wiki/Victor_Amadeus_III_of_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia">Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia</a> ordered the regiment's <a href="/wiki/Military_colours,_standards_and_guidons" title="Military colours, standards and guidons">standard</a> to be decorated with two medals for saving his army from <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>'s attack. Until 1859, when the rules for awarding the Gold Medal were expanded to include cities and military units, only the <i>"Cuneo"</i> Brigade was awarded a Special Gold Medal of Military Valor by King <a href="/wiki/Charles_Felix_of_Sardinia" title="Charles Felix of Sardinia">Charles Felix of Sardinia</a> for suppressing the <a href="/wiki/Charles_Felix_of_Sardinia#Revolution_of_1821" title="Charles Felix of Sardinia">Revolution of 1821</a>. The first unit to be awarded the Gold Medal after 1859 was the <a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">French Imperial</a> 3rd <a href="/wiki/Zouave" title="Zouave">Zouaves</a> Regiment <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for its conduct in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palestro" title="Battle of Palestro">Battle of Palestro</a>. The latest unit awarded the Gold Medal was the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Brigade" title="Jewish Brigade">Jewish Brigade</a> in 2017 for the brigade's service during the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following list contains only the military units, which were awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor twice. In total 112 gold medals were awarded to units of the Italian army: 105 to regiments and 7 to battalions. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regiment_%22Genova_Cavalleria%22_(4th)" title="Regiment "Genova Cavalleria" (4th)">His Majesty's Dragoons Regiment</a> (1796 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mondov%C3%AC" title="Battle of Mondovì">Battle of Mondovì</a>, the only cavalry unit to be awarded twice)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Regiment_%22Granatieri_di_Sardegna%22" title="1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"">1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"</a> (1860 <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Gaeta_(1860)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Gaeta (1860)">Siege of Gaeta</a>, 1917 <a href="/wiki/Tenth_Battle_of_the_Isonzo" title="Tenth Battle of the Isonzo">Tenth Battle of the Isonzo</a>)</li> <li>5th Infantry Regiment <i>"Aosta"</i> (1859 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Solferino" title="Battle of Solferino">Battle of San Martino</a>, 1917-18 Italian Front)</li> <li>6th Infantry Regiment <i>"Aosta"</i> (1859 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Solferino" title="Battle of Solferino">Battle of San Martino</a>, 1917-18 Italian Front)</li> <li>9th Infantry Regiment <i>"Regina"</i> (1859 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palestro" title="Battle of Palestro">Battle of Palestro</a>, 1915-16 Italian Front)</li> <li>10th Infantry Regiment <i>"Regina"</i> (1860 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Castelfidardo" title="Battle of Castelfidardo">Battle of Castelfidardo</a>, 1915-16 Italian Front)</li> <li>13th Infantry Regiment <i>"Pinerolo"</i> (1915-18 Italian Front, 1941 <a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Greco-Italian War</a>)</li> <li>47th Infantry Regiment <i>"Ferrara"</i> (1915-17 Italian Front, 1940-41 Greco-Italian War)</li> <li>48th Infantry Regiment <i>"Ferrara"</i> (1915-17 Italian Front, 1940-41 Greco-Italian War)</li> <li>80th Infantry Regiment <i>"Roma"</i> (1941–42, 1942-43 <a href="/wiki/Italian_participation_in_the_Eastern_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian participation in the Eastern Front">Eastern Front</a>)</li> <li>84th Infantry Regiment <i>"Venezia"</i> (1911 <a href="/wiki/Italo-Turkish_War" title="Italo-Turkish War">Italo-Turkish War</a>, 1943 <a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement#Outside_Italy" title="Italian resistance movement">Resistance to German forces in Yugoslavia</a>)</li> <li>151st Infantry Regiment <i>"Sassari"</i> (1915–16, 1918 Italian Front)</li> <li>152nd Infantry Regiment <i>"Sassari"</i> (1915–16, 1918 Italian Front)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Bersaglieri_Regiment" title="3rd Bersaglieri Regiment">3rd Bersaglieri Regiment</a> (1941–42, 1942 Eastern Front; the unit is also the custodian of the medal awarded to the III Bersaglieri Cyclists Battalion in 1915–18 on the Italian Front)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Bersaglieri_Regiment" title="6th Bersaglieri Regiment">6th Bersaglieri Regiment</a> (1942, 1942-43 Eastern Front)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Bersaglieri_Regiment" title="8th Bersaglieri Regiment">8th Bersaglieri Regiment</a> (1941-42 <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a>, 1943 <a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian Campaign">Tunisian Campaign</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Alpini_Regiment" title="5th Alpini Regiment">5th Alpini Regiment</a> (1940-41 Greco-Italian War, 1942-43 Eastern Front)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Alpini_Regiment" title="8th Alpini Regiment">8th Alpini Regiment</a> (1940-41 Greco-Italian War, 1942-43 Eastern Front)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Alpini_Regiment" title="9th Alpini Regiment">9th Alpini Regiment</a> (1940-41 Greco-Italian War, 1942-43 Eastern Front)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Mountain_Artillery_Regiment_(Italy)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment (Italy)">3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment</a> (1940-41 Greco-Italian War, 1942-43 Eastern Front, the only artillery unit to be awarded twice)</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/4th_Alpini_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Alpini Regiment">4th Alpini Regiment</a> currently also displays two Gold Medals of Military Valor on its flag, however the two medals were awarded to the regiment's Alpini Battalion <i>"Aosta"</i>, and the Alpini Skiers Battalion <i>"Monte Cervino"</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locations">Locations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first geographic entity to be awarded a Gold Medal of Military Valor was the city of <a href="/wiki/Vicenza" title="Vicenza">Vicenza</a> in 1866 for its <a href="/wiki/First_Italian_War_of_Independence#Austrian_conquest_of_Vicenza_(5-11_June_1848)" title="First Italian War of Independence">five days long resistance</a> to <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian</a> assaults during the <a href="/wiki/First_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="First Italian War of Independence">First Italian War of Independence</a>. Vicenza is also the only city to be awarded the medal twice: the second time for its participation in the <a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">Italian resistance movement</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>The latest city to be awarded was <a href="/wiki/Varzi" title="Varzi">Varzi</a> for the creation and defence of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Partisan_Republics" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Partisan Republics">Partisan Republic</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Alto_Tortonese&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Republic of Alto Tortonese (page does not exist)">Alto Tortonese</a> between September and December 1944. </p><p>Examples: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friuli-Venezia_Giulia" title="Friuli-Venezia Giulia">Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Alessandria" title="Province of Alessandria">Province of Alessandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Asti" title="Province of Asti">Province of Asti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pordenone" title="Province of Pordenone">Province of Pordenone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascoli_Piceno" title="Ascoli Piceno">Ascoli Piceno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bassano_del_Grappa" title="Bassano del Grappa">Bassano del Grappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanciano" title="Lanciano">Lanciano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marzabotto" title="Marzabotto">Marzabotto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modena" title="Modena">Modena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Four_days_of_Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Four days of Naples">Four days of Naples</a> in 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parma" title="Parma">Parma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varzi" title="Varzi">Varzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicenza" title="Vicenza">Vicenza</a></li></ul> </div> <p>A full list of regions, provinces and cities, which were awarded for their bravery can be found at <a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citt%C3%A0_decorate_al_valor_militare_per_la_guerra_di_liberazione" class="extiw" title="it:Città decorate al valor militare per la guerra di liberazione">it:Città decorate al valor militare per la guerra di liberazione</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="University_of_Padua">University of Padua</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: University of Padua"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Padua" title="University of Padua">University of Padua</a> is the only educational institution which was awarded a Gold Medal of Military Valor. The university received it on 2 November 1945 for its furious <a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">resistance to German occupation</a> in 1943–1945.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Military_Valor" title="Medal of Military Valor">Medal of Military Valor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Medal_of_Military_Valor" title="Silver Medal of Military Valor">Silver Medal of Military Valor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Medal_of_Military_Valor" title="Bronze Medal of Military Valor">Bronze Medal of Military Valor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_decorations" title="List of military decorations">List of military decorations</a></li> <li><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medaglie,_decorazioni_ed_ordini_cavallereschi_italiani" class="extiw" title="it:Medaglie, decorazioni ed ordini cavallereschi italiani">Italian medals 1860-today (Italian Wikipedia)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Azerbaijan">National Hero of Azerbaijan</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Azerbaijan)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bir_Sreshtho" title="Bir Sreshtho">Bir Sreshtho</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Bangladesh)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Belarus" title="Hero of Belarus">Hero of Belarus</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Belarus)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Bravery" title="Order of Bravery">Order of Bravery</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Bulgaria)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_August_First" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of August First">Order of August First</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(China)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Duke_Domagoj" title="Order of Duke Domagoj">Order of Duke Domagoj</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Croatia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valour_Cross" title="Valour Cross">Valour Cross</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Denmark)</span></li> <li><a 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85%;">(India)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Fath" title="Order of Fath">Order of Fat'h</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Iran)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Medal_for_Gallantry" title="Military Medal for Gallantry">Military Medal for Gallantry</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Ireland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Valor_(Israel)" title="Medal of Valor (Israel)">Medal of Valor</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Israel)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gold Medal of Military Valor</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Italy)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seri_Pahlawan_Gagah_Perkasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa">Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Malaysia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_William" title="Military Order of William">Military Order of William</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Netherlands)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_Cross_(Norway)" title="War Cross (Norway)">War Cross</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Norway)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Haider" title="Nishan-e-Haider">Nishan-e-Haider</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Pakistan)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines_Medal_of_Valor" title="Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor">Medal of Valor</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Philippines)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtuti_Militari" title="Virtuti Militari">War Order Virtuti Militari</a> (wartime) / <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Military_Cross" title="Order of the Military Cross">Order Krzyża Wojskowego</a> (peacetime) <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Poland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Tower_and_Sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Tower and Sword">Order of the Tower and Sword</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Romania)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Hero of the Russian Federation">Hero of the Russian Federation</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Russian Federation)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Serbia)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)">Order of the White Eagle with swords</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Serbia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Somali_Star" title="Order of the Somali Star">Order of the Somali Star</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Somalia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkwe_ya_Gauta" title="Nkwe ya Gauta">Nkwe ya Gauta</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(South Africa)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laureate_Cross_of_Saint_Ferdinand" title="Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand">Laureate Cross of St. Ferdinand</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parama_Weera_Vibhushanaya" title="Parama Weera Vibhushanaya">Parama Weera Vibhushanaya</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Sri Lanka)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword" title="Order of the Sword">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Sweden)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Rama" title="Order of Rama">Order of Rama</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Thailand)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces_Medal_of_Honor" title="Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Turkey)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Katonga" title="Order of Katonga">Order of Katonga</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Uganda)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Ukraine" title="Hero of Ukraine">Order of the Gold Star</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Ukraine)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">United Kingdom</a></span></li> 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