battle honors
Earned war recognition
Battle honors are formal recognitions awarded to military units for distinguished performance in specific engagements or campaigns.
They typically appear on regimental flags, insignia, or official records as a permanent record of service: The regiment's colors displayed battle honors from Waterloo to the Somme.
Also spelled battle honours in British usage.
- badgesWorn symbols of status
- emblemsVisual markers of identity
- regimental colorsA unit's official flags
- bannersLarge displayed cloth signs
- streamersDecorative hanging ribbons
regiments · insignia · standards · citations · awards · medals · distinctions · corps · commendations · decorations · guidons · heraldry · military tradition · D-Day · battalions · ribbons · brigades · World War I
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- ANZAC historyANZAC, ANZAC Day, Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, dawn service
- French militaryFrench Foreign Legion, French Army, legionnaires, chasseurs, gendarme
- military recordsmilitary records, service records, after action report, military rosters, military archives
- Scottish MilitaryBlack Watch, claymore, broadsword, bagpiper, bagpipers
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
recognition type
battle honorsMedal of Honor
Peak military valor recognition
Victoria Cross · Purple Heart · combat ribbons · campaign medals · service ribbons