Alliance Medal of Honor

The Alliance Medal of Honor was a Rebel Alliance military decoration awarded to those who performed above and beyond the call of duty while serving in, or with, the Alliance Military. The award was a silver badge emblazoned with the red phoenix of the Alliance beneath an etching of an X-wing starfighter. It was attached to a red ribbon encrusted with various gems. The Galactic Empire had a similar award named Imperial Medal of Honor.

By the time of the Battle of Yavin, an Imperial pilot shot down a Rebel pilot above Dantooine and stole his Alliance Medal of Honor. In 1 ABY, one such medal was awarded to a spacer alongside several Rebel supporters who assassinated an Imperial officer aboard a Rebel Corellian corvette captured by the Empire before he could used the ship against civilian targets. The same year, another Alliance Medal of Honor was awarded to an ace pilot involved in the destruction of the Imperial corvette Star Ravager in the Kessel system.

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