Battle honour
（重定向自Battle Honours）
![The regimental colours of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, displaying the battle honours awarded to the regiment.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Enniskillen_Cathedral_of_St._Macartin_Regimental_Colours_Fifth_Royal_Inniskilling_Dragoon_Guards_2012_09_170852.jpg")
![A carved board displaying the battle honours carried by the cruiser HMAS Hobart. The battle honours (and the campaigns they were earned for) are:• MEDITERRANEAN 1941 (Battle of the Mediterranean)• SAVO ISLAND 1942 (Battle of Savo Island)• PACIFIC 1945 (Pacific War)• GUADALCANAL 1942-3 (Guadalcanal Campaign)• CORAL SEA 1942 (Battle of the Coral Sea)](/Images/godic/202412/23/HMAS_Hobart_battle_board0852.jpg")
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
In European military tradition, military units may be acknowledged for their achievements in specific wars or operations of a military campaign. In Great Britain and those countries of the Commonwealth which share a common military legacy with the British, battle honours are awarded to selected military units as official acknowledgement for their achievements in specific wars or operations of a military campaign. These honours usually take the form of a place and a date (e.g. "Cambrai 1917").