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4.15 Medals, awards, honours and decorations
Capitalize the official names of professional, academic and military medals, awards, honours and decorations:
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Order of Canada
- Nobel Peace Prize
- a Nobel Prize winner
- Governor General’s Award
- Victoria Cross
Most common-noun short forms are lower-cased:
- No award was given this year.
However, they may be capitalized if the reference is clear:
- The Prize [Nobel Peace Prize, mentioned in a previous sentence] was her reward for a lifetime of effort.
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