"Not as such, Mr. Potter – naturally, the credit for the Army's founding will be regarded for history as going solely to you, Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger. We are merely conferring upon the DA its due status as an Army acting on behalf and in defense of the Ministry of Magic. These.... brave soldiers rightly saw the enemy, formed a wizarding armed force, closed in on them, and attacked the enemy and destroyed him in the finest tradition of the Armed Forces of the Magical and Wizarding Realms. As such, any and all members confirmed to have ever been affiliated with Dumbledore's Army shall be granted automatic Orders of Merlin, Second Class, with the possibility of promotion to First Class depending on actions taken, and either living or posthumous ranks in the same said Armed Forces of the Magical and Wizarding Realms. That includes many of the Names of the Fallen you see listed here..."