Freedom Medal of Valor

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The Freedom Medal of Valor is a medal awarded to Scientologists. It is a larger version of the more common Freedom Medal awarded annually[2] to members of the Church of Scientology for "bringing greater freedom to mankind".[1] Established in 1985, the Freedom Medal has had 80 recipients; however to date the Freedom Medal of Valor has had but a single recipient - Tom Cruise. His medal was awarded for "humanitarian work of a larger global scale."[3]

## Contents

* 1 Design
* 1.1 Medal
* 1.2 Ribbon
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Design

### Medal

The medal is circular, approximately 4 inches in diameter. It is gold or gold-colored with embedded diamonds.[4] The obverse design includes two interlocking triangles, representing the ARC and KRC triangles, connected by a letter "S", representing scio \- Latin for "I Know". On the upper portion of the medal are the words "Freedom Medal".[3]

### Ribbon

The medal was originally suspended from a blue and green neck ribbon, however subsequent photographs of Cruise wearing the medal show it being suspended from a metallic chain.[5]

## See also

* Freedom Medal

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Church of Scientology. "Freedom Medal Winners". http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/Part06/Chp24/pg0416.html. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
2. ↑ "Scientologists From 172 Nations Proclaim: We Are The IAS!". https://www.scientology.ph/scientology-today/events/ias-2013-celebration.html. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barkham, Patrick (17 January 2008). "Tom's medal for services to Scientology". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/17/religion.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
4. ↑ "Scientology awards Tom Cruise a gold diamond encrusted "Freedom Medal of Valor"". 29 December 2004. https://cultnews.com/2004/12/scientology-awards-tom-cruise-a-gold-diamond-encrusted-freedom-medal-of-valor/. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `tony`

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