accolade
Meanings
Ritterschlag
Examples :
Examples :
Anerkennungsschreiben, Auszeichnung
Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.
Examples :
"The family received the Presidential Certificate of Appreciation, a special accolade, for their grandfather's service and sacrifice in the Korean War. "
Die Familie erhielt das Presidential Certificate of Appreciation, eine besondere Auszeichnung, für den Dienst und das Opfer ihres Großvaters im Koreakrieg.
Ein Ornament, das aus zwei Ogee-Kurven besteht, die sich in der Mitte treffen, wobei jede Kurve nach außen konkav und zum Punkt, an dem sie sich mit der anderen trifft, konvex ist. Solche Auszeichnungen sind entweder schlicht oder mit reichen Profilen verziert und sind ein häufiges Dekorationsmotiv auf den Stürzen von Türen und Fenstern des fünfzehnten und sechzehnten Jahrhunderts, insbesondere in der weltlichen Architektur.
An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other. Such accolades are either plain or adorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motive of decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in secular architecture.