The most decorated personalities in history

2021-11-26T15:53:29.246Z

Who is the most decorated man in history? Without doubt Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), the main leader of the USSR between 1964 and 1928, who wears about forty decorations in the uniform and receives, in all, more than 120! On the French side, Raoul Salan (1899-1984) holds the record for the number of charms. This soldier - who took part, in 1961, in the putsch of generals opposed to the independence of Algeria - received 40 French and foreign medals. In this gallery of portraits, there is also a woman: the Australian Nancy Wake (1912-2011), the most decorated resistance fighter of the Second World War, whose exploits are worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster… Meeting with the most famous figures the most decorated in history.