§ Sir B. FALLEasked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the highest military decoration of our Ally France is the 770W Medaille Militaire, marked by the letters M.M., and that this decoration is borne by some of our men, while the least of our military decorations is the Military Medal, marked by the same letters M.M.; and if he can suggest some plan by which, before it is too late, the title of the Military Medal should be modified or altered so as to make confusion impossible?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe conditions of award of the Médaille Militaire and the Military Medal are for all general purposes identical, in that both the French and British Armies award is restricted to non-commissioned officers and privates. As a complimentary award the Medaille Militaire can be given to distinguished officers in possession of the Grand Cordon of the Legion d'honneur. It is not considered that any necessity exists to justify the variation of the designation of the Military Medal.