edal was worn on a white-on-black nbbon around the collar and was always displayed on the front of the tunic The Order of the Imperial Hero was awarded upon retirement or death m recognition of an exemplary career, in addition to being awarded with the title of Guardian of the Empire The Order of the Protector was awarded both for outstanding courage on the battle field and for exemplary service in a com mand position This Order was also occasion ally awarded to entire units, which granted every man in the unit the lifetime privilege of displaying the Order (regardless of later transfers to other units), and listed me honored unit as "Emperor's Guards" so long as any of the original recipients of the award remained alive The Order of Victory was awarded to SARDAUKAR TITLES 445 SARDAUKAR TITLES members of the Saidaukar High Command for successful conquests of entire planets It was worn on the right breast to the left of all other awards The Order of Comn was la three classes It was awarded to officers at all levels for outstanding leadership, organizational ability, and perseverance leading to decisive victory in battle The three classes were Diamond to legion commanders and heads of planetary scale operations, Ruby, to regimental and battalion commanders, Emerald, to company commanders The Order of Pyrrhus was given to commanders of operations which inflicted heavy losses on any enemy while maintaining the battle readiness of the commander's forces The operation need not have resulted ra victory The Order of Valor was awarded to commanders of any unit larger than a platoon for personal bravery and skillful leadership of troops in combat The Order of Bravery was awarded mdi vidually to all ranks and collectively to units for outstanding performance m action A unit honored with this award was listed as a * Guards'' unit so long as any of the original recipients remained alive The Order of Honor was awarded individually and collectively for exemplary perfor mance in vital ooncombat areas in support of combat troops The Order of Glory was awarded to non commissioned officers for spectacularly valorous actions while in combat This order was granted in three classes, depending upon the nature of the action being honored MEDALS The Medal for Valor was awarded to all ranks for personal valor in the service of the emperor It was one of the few medals which could be awarded to noncombatants, and was of three classes 1st class, to officers, 2nd class to other ranks, 3rd class, to civilians The Medal for Battle Merit was awarded to all ranks for providing a material contribution towards the success of an operation at unusually high personal risk Service Medals in six categories were giv en for ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, and seventy-five years of exemplary service in the active forces Campaign Medals Every campaign which involved more than one legion of troops had a corresponding Campaign Medal They were far too numerous to list here BADGES Badges were awarded to all ranks to denote status, achievement, and weapons proficiency The Emperor s Guards Badge was worn by all members of any unit designated as "Emperor's Guards' Those who were attached to the unit at the time that the designation was proclaimed could continue to wear the badge regardless, of future assignments, but such transferred personnel wore the badge on the lapel instead of on the shoulder, where active Emperor's Guards wore it The Guards Badge was worn by all members of any unit designated as 'Guards, ' under the same conditions as the Emperor s Guards Badge, above Proficiency Badges were earned by evi dencmg exemplary skill in any of the num ber of military arts including weapons use material repair and so on Wound Strips bounds were classified as either Senous or Minor, ' though the classification is misleading, as the Sardaukar did not consider a soldier wounded at all if he was able to continue fighting A magenta stripe indicated a "serious wound, and a blue stripe a ' minor" one WD I Further references SARDAUKAR UNIFORMS Otto Aram sham The Sardaukar Strike tr Sir Daiwid Gwihvz (Kaitam Varna) SARDAUKAR TITLES SARDAOKAR TITLES ORDER OF THE IMPERIAL HERO ORDER OF THE PROTECTOR ORDER OF VICTORS ORDER OF PYRRHUS ORDER OF CORRIN SARDAUKAR TTTLES 447 SARDAUKAR TITLES SARDAUKAR TTIT-ES 448 SARDAUKAR UNIFORMS SARDAUKAR UNIFORMS.