Decorations
Orders and decorations are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Orders" instead a noun "Decorations".
Orders
Decorations and orders are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decorations" instead a noun "Orders".
Both words in one sentence
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Since the late 18th century the number of orders and decorations increased dramatically as many countries instituted new ones; the 1780s and 1790s also saw the introduction of decorations for combattants below officer rank and the end of The Napoleonic Wars that of campaign medals, i. e.
Source: Bling of War -
In the end, the only man to earn decorations is the surviving officer, who ironically spent most of the time overruling orders and prolonguing everyone else's suffering under the delusion that his side could just not lose.
- This was also reflected in painted portraits, where an officer usually would be shown wearing all his decorations to the point that it was quite common that orders or medals awarded after an officer had sat for his portrait would be painted in additionally later.
Source: Bling of War
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