Outstanding achievement and meritorious service bringing credit upon the Uruguayan Army
Country
Uruguay
Presented by
the Commander-in-Chief of the Uruguayan Army
Eligibility
Uruguayan and foreign military officers and civilians
Status
Currently awarded
Established
16 December 1997
Ribbon of the third class medal
Order of Wear
Next (higher)
Medal of Military Merit[1]
Next (lower)
Medal of Military Valor
The 18 May 1811 Medal (Spanish: Medalla 18 de Mayo 1811) is the second highest military decoration of the Uruguayan Army. The medal was established 16 December 1997 to complement the Medal of Military Merit, the highest decoration of the Uruguayan Army, and commemorates the Battle of Las Piedras which took place on that date. The medal is presented in three classes and are awarded based on the rank of the recipient.[1] The medal is awarded to Uruguayan and foreign military officers, as well as civilians, for outstanding achievement and meritorious service.[2]
^ ab"Decreto N° 469/997" (in Spanish). Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. 16 December 1997. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
^"U.S. Army Officer Awarded the Uruguayan '18 de Mayo de 1811' Medal". US Embassy Montivideo. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
Navy. 18May1811Medal: second award in Army decorations hierarchy, to acknowledge meritory services to the Uruguayan Army. 15 November 1817 Medal: second...
short story writer (b. 1804) 1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811) 1872 – John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia...
Society. 18May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Cahan, David (2012). "The awarding of the Copley Medal and the...
Events from the year 1811 in France. Emperor – Napoleon I 19 February – Peninsular War: Battle of the Gebora, French routed Spanish forces. 5 March – Peninsular...
Tamatave (sometimes called the Battle of Madagascar or the Action of 20 May1811) was fought off Tamatave in Madagascar between British and French frigate...
first individual medal". ABC News. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024. McKenna, Kate; Riga, Rachel (18 March 2024). "Queensland...
(Batibot) May 17 – Meneleo Carlos Jr. (b. 1929), entrepreneur May18 – Araceli Limcaco-Dans (b. 1929), painter and Presidential Medal of Merit recipient May 19...
Kingdom (d. 1806) 1763 – Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (d. 1811) 1764 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and politician, 11th United States...
– C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811) 1896 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861) 1902 – Agostino Roscelli...
regent for his father, King George III, having done so since 5 February 1811 during his father's final mental illness. George IV was the eldest child...
Royal Navy, launched on 3 October 1811 at Deptford. She was named after the 1692 Battle of La Hogue. "The La Hogue of 1811 [...] sported a green and chocolate...
(1949). It is a partial setting for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Michael Arlen's The Green Hat (1924). Oscar Wilde lived in Grosvenor...
Christ Church, University of Oxford. He entered the British Army, and in 1811, as a 19-year-old aide-de-camp in the headquarters of Arthur Wellesley, 1st...
Medals for Gallantry and for Distinguished Service United Kingdom Campaign and Operational Service Medals (including authorised United Nations medals...
Friedrich Wilhelm II and brother of Friedrich Wilhelm III Kaiserin Augusta (1811–1890) — Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, wife and empress consort of Wilhelm...
Mexican general and politician (d. 1867) 1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (d. 1893) 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Siamese-American showmen...
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