Editing George S. Patton (section)

==Orders, decorations and medals==
Patton's decorations included:<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Patton's Decorations Ribbons Medals and Awards |url=https://www.pattonhq.com/medals.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021004075245/http://www.pattonhq.com/medals.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 October 2002 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=www.pattonhq.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Military Personnel File for George S. Patton Jr. – National Archives NextGen Catalog |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57302258 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=catalog.archives.gov|series=Records of the Army Staff |date=June 1904 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Empric |first=Bruce E. |title=Uncommon Allies: U.S. Army Recipients of Soviet Military Decorations in World War II |publisher=Teufelsberg Press |page=64 |year=2024 |isbn=979-8-3444-6807-5}}</ref>

{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4"|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg|width=110px}}
{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=110px}} {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|110px}}
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Silver Star ribbon.svg|width=110px}}
|[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Purple Heart ribbon.svg|width=|110px]]
|-
|[[File:Silver Lifesaving Medal ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Mexican Service Medal ribbon.svg|110px]]
|{{ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=110px}}
|[[File:American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|110px]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=7|type=service-star|ribbon=European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg|width=110px}}
|[[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Ordre de l'Ouissam Alaouite GC ribbon (Maroc).svg|110px]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|ribbon=TCH_CS_Vojensky_Rad_Bileho_Lva_1st_%281945%29_BAR.svg|width=110px}}
|[[File:LUX Order of Adolphe Nassau Grand Cross BAR.png|110px]]
|[[File:Order of the British Empire (Military) Ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Legion Honneur GO ribbon.svg|110px]]
|-
|[[File:Grand Officer Ordre de Leopold.png|110px]]<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -81px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:UK MID 1920-94.svg|45px]]</span>
|[[File:Order kutuzov1 ribbon.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg|110px]]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=CroixdeGuerreFR-BronzeStar.png|width=110}}
|-
|[[File:Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm France - ribbon bar.svg|110px]]
|[[File:LUX Croix de Guerre ribbon.svg|110px]]
|[[File:Croix de Guerre 1940-1945 with palm %28Belgium%29 - ribbon bar.png|110px]]
|{{ribbon devices|ribbon=Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945 Ribbon.png|width=110px}}
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-bottom: -1px;"
|-
!1st Row
|colspan="6"|[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Army Distinguished Service Cross]]<br>with one bronze [[oak leaf cluster]]
|colspan="2"|[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br>with two oak leaf clusters
|colspan="1"|[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<br>(posthumous)
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: -1px;"
|-
!2nd Row
|[[Silver Star]]<br>with one oak leaf cluster
|[[Legion of Merit]]
|[[Bronze Star Medal]]
|[[Purple Heart]]
|-
!3rd Row
|[[Silver Lifesaving Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/generalpatton.asp |title=United States Coast Guard |publisher=Uscg.mil |date= |accessdate=2012-03-21}}</ref>
|[[Mexican Service Medal]]
|[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]]<br>with four bronze [[campaign star]]s
|[[American Defense Service Medal]]
|-
!4th Row
|[[European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal]]<br>with one silver and two bronze campaign stars
|[[World War II Victory Medal]]
|[[Army of Occupation Medal]]<br>with "Germany" clasp (posthumous)
|[[Order of Ouissam Alaouite|Grand Cross of Ouissam Alaouite]]<br><small>(''Morocco'')</small>
|-
!5th Row
|Grand Cross<br>[[Military Order of the White Lion]]<br><small>(''Czechoslovakia'')</small>
|Grand Cross<br>[[Order of Adolphe of Nassau]]<br><small>(''Luxembourg'')</small>
|Honorary Knight Commander<br>[[Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) <br><small>(''United Kingdom'')</small>
|Grand Officer<br />[[Légion d'honneur|Legion of Honor]]<br><small>(''France'')</small>
|-
!6th Row
|Grand Officer<br>[[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]]<br>with palm <br><small>(''Belgium'')</small>
|[[Order of Kutuzov|Order of Kutuzov First Class]]<br><small>(''Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'')</small>
|Honorary Companion<br>[[Order of the Bath]] (CB)<br><small>(''United Kingdom'')</small>
|[[Croix de guerre 1914–1918|Croix de Guerre]]<br>1914–1918<br>with bronze star <br><small>(''France'')</small>
|-
!7th Row
|[[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]]<br>1939–1945<br>with palm <br><small>(''France'')</small>
|[[Luxembourg War Cross|Croix de Guerre]]<br><small>(''Luxembourg'')</small>
|[[War Cross (Belgium)|Croix de Guerre]] <br>with palm<br><small>(''Belgium'')</small>
|[[Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945|Czechoslovak War Cross<br>1939–1945]]
|}
* Note: The rows 1–4 are American medals unless otherwise noted. Rows 5–7 are foreign medals and noted where required.
[[File:George Patton, US Army, General.jpg|thumb|Patton wearing his awards at his home in [[Hamilton, Massachusetts]]]]