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Defence Medal

UK campaign medal for WWII
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Defence Medal

Summary

Defence Medal is a campaign medal[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of campaign_medal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Defence Medal is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Defence Medal's image is recorded as Defence Medal 1945.jpg[4].
  • Defence Medal's instance of is recorded as campaign medal[5].
  • Defence Medal's Commons category is recorded as Defence Medal[6].
  • +1945-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Defence Medal[7].
  • Defence Medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fqwjt[8].
  • Defence Medal's different from is recorded as Q109459595[9].
  • Defence Medal's service ribbon image is recorded as Defence Medal BAR.svg[10].
  • Defence Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q7864314[11].
  • Defence Medal's next lower rank is recorded as War Medal 1939–1945[12].
  • Defence Medal's next higher rank is recorded as France and Germany Star[13].
  • Defence Medal's TracesOfWar award ID is recorded as 30[14].

Why It Matters

Defence Medal ranks in the top 7% of campaign_medal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

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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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_defence-medal_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Defence Medal}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/defence-medal}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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