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Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

posthumous award given by the United Nations to military personnel, police, or civilians who lose their lives while serving in a UN peacekeeping operation.
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Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

Summary

Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's instance of is recorded as award[3].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's instance of is recorded as medallion[4].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's instance of is recorded as posthumous award[5].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld is named after Dag Hammarskjöld Medal[6].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's Commons category is recorded as Dag Hammarskjöld Medal[7].
  • +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dag Hammarskjöld Medal[8].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09k7hq6[9].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's conferred by is recorded as United Nations[10].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Dag Hammarskjöld Medal'}[11].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's different from is recorded as Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold[12].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's service ribbon image is recorded as UN Head Quarter Medal ribbon.svg[13].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Recipients of the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal[14].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01889677n[15].
  • Dag Hammarskjöld Medal's TracesOfWar award ID is recorded as 6157[16].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include award[3], medallion[4], and posthumous award[5].

History and Context

+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dag Hammarskjöld Medal[8]. Dag Hammarskjöld is named after it[6].

Why It Matters

Dag Hammarskjöld Medal ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

award Dag Hammarskjöld Folke Bernadotte United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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