Medaille Militaire vs medal

Medaille Militaire and medal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Medaille Militaire	Yes	No	No	No
medal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medal is a hypernym of Medaille Militaire; that is, medal is a word with a broader meaning than Medaille Militaire:

Medaille Militaire: a French military decoration
medal: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

Other hypernyms of Medaille Militaire include decoration, laurel wreath, medallion, palm, ribbon.

Medaille Militaire (noun)	medal (noun)
a French military decoration	an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event