Mentioned in dispatches

Mentioned in Despatches ( free translation engl. " Mentioned in the (war ) report " ) is a military award for gallantry or otherwise exemplary performance of duty of a soldier, awarded especially in the United Kingdom and the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Term

The term " despatch " is referred to an official report on military combat operations in the english language in military parlance, which is transmitted by an army commander to his parent department. Corresponding reports of the armed forces of the United Kingdom published in the London Gazette.

Except as provided in this report, a subaltern officer, non-commissioned officer or enlisted rank is mentioned by name because a outstanding types Indeed, they say, he is " Mentioned in Despatches ". Mention may be made more than once, was Lord Gort nine times " Mentioned in Despatches ".

Award

The soldier who " Mentioned in Despatches " will receive no orders and no medal. However, he gets a certificate and a silver oak leaves. This is worn on the ribbon of the associated campaign medal. Between 1920 and 1994, a bronze oak leaf was awarded.

With the award, neither an honorarium or a special salutation is connected. The correspondingly excellent soldier can add to his name, no "post- nominals ".

Comparable Awards

• The name will appear in the Wehrmacht was in World War II in Germany than comparable award.
• The Bundeswehr knows a formal recognition in the Ministerial of the Federal Ministry of Defence ( § 11 WDO ).