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The Medal for Promotions for Distinguished Acts in Campaign (Medalha dos promovidos por feitos distintos em Campanha) is a Portuguese Military Medal, established on 28 May 1946. It is intended to reward military personnel who, through exceptional military virtues or demonstrated command, direction or leadership abilities during a campaign or in circumstances directly related to one, have been promoted for distinction. It is awarded by the Minister of National Defence.
It was originally established as an insignia on 2 December 1919 by Decree No. 6264, consisting of a plain ribbon, under the designation Insignia for Promotions for Distinction.
Translated from the Portuguese Wikipedia (article), under CC BY-SA 4.0.