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    Posted: 02-Feb-2013 at 05:03
I had an interesting conversation yesterday.

Put simply what would you say is the most "prized" foreign award/medal/honour.

Obviously if one is an American the medal of honor and freedom medal would be rather prized, similarly if British, the Victoria cross or perhaps the order of the thistle.
But how valued are these to citizens of other nations?
What is the worlds most prized "award"?

Nobel prize?
UN Public Service Awards?

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Probably the Nobel Prize..
..depends on what your being awarded for and by whom, insofar as their objectivity in determination of meeting the qualifiers for said award, imo.
 
It also is entirely subjective....insofar as appreciation.... for individual recognition or recognition of the individual being awarded. And again for what..and that includes relationship to the awardee.
 
 
For example: it might not mean a thing to you... personally.... that I might have received the Meritorious Service Medal, for military service, not once but twice. Because you never served or in general had no close association with those who have. But it might mean a great deal to my peers or family or members of my unit or the entire US military.
 
It might not mean anything to you or anyone else that I received recognition for community service while leading a Cub Scout Pack or organizing and assisting in the promotion of special olympics events because again you had no vested interest or general. But it might to those in the Pack. Or the Scouting community at large. Or those participating in the event. Or those who host a national or foreign competition that results in recognition.
 
So while we can state what we believe to be is prestigious or more prestigious then 'x'. In reality it's all subjective.
 
 


Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 02-Feb-2013 at 15:33
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The French Legion of Honor is highly prized, but exactly how high an award it is depends upon the grade conferred. Likewise in British royal honors, the order of the bath ranks as the highest honor available to a military person or civil servant not in the Foreign Service. As to how highly prized the Legion of Honor is outside France, suffice it to say that many foreign notables have received the decoration (but not investiture which is limited to French or Foreign Nationals serving France). Some appreciation for how valued the award is may be gleaned from the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts built to honor the name. 

http://www.heraldicsculptor.com/bath.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_recipients_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Palace_of_the_Legion_of_Honor
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