WOUNDED IN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
Created May 25, 1946, from simple ribbon created October 5, 1918

HISTORY AND REGULATIONS

Decotarion

The WOUNDED IN CAMPAIGN MEDAL is awarded to military who, in campaign or in associated circumstances, have suffered a permanent handicap, characterized by the anatomic loss of an organ or function.

Originally, by decree nr. 4886, October 5, 1918, it was created as a simple ribbon, with the name WAR MUTILATED AND CRIPPLED INSIGNIA.

DESIGN

OBVERSE: 5 pointed star, each point ending in a small armilar sphere; in the center, a disc with a national emblem, encircled by the legend «FERIDOS EM CAMPANHA» (Wounded in Campaign), in uppercase elzevir font;
REVERSE: identical to the obverse, but with the legend «MORRER MAS DEVAGAR» (Dying, but slowly) in the center disc, in uppercase elzevir font, in 3 lines; encircling the legend, a laurel wreath.

NOTES

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SOURCES:

- Decreto-Lei n.º 316/2002 de 27 de Dezembro - Regulamento da Medalha Militar e das Medalhas Comemorativas das Forças Armadas;
- MELO, Olímpio de (1923), Ordens Militares Portuguesas e Outras Condecorações, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional de Lisboa.

 

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