Marie Marvingt - Awards

Awards

• Marvingt was the most decorated woman in the history of France with more than 34 official medals and decorations.
• Awarded the Palmes Académiques (Academic Palms).
• Awarded the Médaille de l'Aéronautique (Medal for Aeronautics).
• 1907, awarded the palms du Premier Tireur (First Gunner palms) by the Minister of War.
• 26 January 1910, won the Coupe Leon Auscher (Leon Auscher Cup) in the women's bobsledding world championship.
• 15 March 1910, awarded a Médaille d'Or (Gold Medal) "for all sports" from the Académie des Sports (Academy of Sports).
• 1911, won the Aéro-Club de France's (Aero Club of France) Coupe Femina (Femina Cup) for long-distance flying.
• Awarded the Croix de Guerre 1914 -1918 avec palmes (Military Cross 1914-1918 with palms) for her aerial bombing of a German military base.
• Awarded the Médaille de la Paix du Maroc (Medal of Peace of Morocco) for establishing a civil air ambulance service.
• January 24, 1935, named a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Chevalier of the Legion of Honour).
• 5 November 1937, named a Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Santé publique (Chevalier of the Order of Public Health).
• 1948-1949, won an international literary prize from the Women's Aeronautical Association of Los Angeles for her books La Fiancée du Danger and Ma Traversée de la Mer du Nord en Ballon.
• 1949, promoted to Officier de la Légion d'honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour).
• 1950, awarded the Médaille de la Ville de Nancy (Medal of the Town of Nancy).
• 30 January 1955, received the grand prize Deutsch de la Meurthe from the Fédération Nationale d'Aéronautique (French National Federation of Aeronautics) at the Sorbonne for her work in aviation medicine.
• 1957, awarded the Médaille d'Or de l'Éducation Physique (Gold Medal for Physical Education).
• 1957, awarded the Médaille d'Argent du Service de Santé de l'Air (Silver Medal of the Medical Service of the Air Force).