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*** In the ''Memory'' example, Miles had two major medals... from both governments that were involved in previous war. He usually wears one or other, but at one event he wore both at once among lot of other medals. People were shocked as he's really fragile midget due to development problems by poison while his mother was pregnant with him. He even has a Cetagandan Order Of Merit, for service to his planet's (Barrayar's) ''former enemy'', an award which a Cetegandan would literally kill for, and which seems a bit weird considering Miles's ancestors quite notably defeated Cetaganda bloodily.
* The Supreme Custodian in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' is depicted as this.
* Early in Helen MacInnes' ''Decision at Delphi'', the main character is debriefed by Greek intelligence officials ca. 1960. One of them is a colonel with "four rows of close-packed ribbons on his solid chest." All of which, someone mentions the next day, were earned the hard way. In an irony, it turns out these particular officials were brought into the matter by a traitor who thought the Colonel Badass was a has-been, not clever enough to pose any threat. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]].
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