Military award belonging to woman inferior to many? (6,2,6)

I believe the answer is:

legion of honour

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'military award' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'belonging to woman inferior to many?' is the wordplay.
'belonging to' becomes 'of' ('of' can mean 'belonging to' or 'owned by').
'woman inferior' becomes 'honour' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'many?' becomes 'legion' (I've seen this before).
'of'+'honour'='ofhonour'
'ofhonour' after 'legion' is 'LEGION OF HONOUR'.

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