At the Royal Military Academy, several awards may be assigned to worthy students. The most prestigious among these is no doubt 'The King's Sword'.
The award winner may belong to the Polytechnic Faculty as well as to the Faculty of Social and Military Sciences. He or she is selected on the basis of his or her merits during the bachelor period.
The King's Sword is presented to the winner during the annual parade of the opening of the academic year and the formal welcoming of the incoming promotions.
Honor list
| 2023 | Janne Lodewyckx | 160 SSMW |
| 2022 | Jasper Mathys | 159 SSMW |
| 2021 | Matthieu de Maere d’Aertrycke | 173 POL |
| 2020 | Thibault Expeels | 157 SSMW |
| 2019 | Jens Parisis | 156 SSMW |
| 2018 | Baptiste Valentin | 170 POL |
| 2017 | Corneel Waterschoot | 154 SSMW |
| 2016 | Pieter Bayens | 168 POL |
| 2015 | Thomas Gilon | 167 POL |
| 2014 | Anthony Leduc | 151 SSMW |
| 2013 | Simon Derwael | 165 POL |
| 2012 | Sven Vanhengel | 149 SSMW |
| 2011 | Matthieu De Naeyer | 148 SSMW |
| 2010 | Arne Sohier | 147 SSMW |
| 2009 | Jan Van Belle | 146 SSMW |
| 2008 | Quentin Godts | 145 SSMW |
| 2007 | Pieter De Coster | 159 POL |
| 2006 | Jonathan Verstraete | 143 SSMW |
| 2005 | Emilie Dejardin | 142 SSMW |
| 2004 | Nicolas Gouthière | 157 POL |
| 2003 | Gert Leen | 141 TAW |
| 2002 | Dominique Florins | 155 POL |
| 2001 | Helena Bruyninckx | 154 POL |
| 2000 | Valery Mainjot | 153 POL |
| 1999 | Benoît Marinus | 152 POL |
| 1998 | Rik Van Hoecke | 151 POL |
| 1997 | Bernard Tasiaux | 135 TAW |
| 1996 | Yvan Plasman | 149 POL |
| 1995 | Olivier Thonnard | 148 POL |
| 1994 | Dirk Cooreman | 132 TAW |
| 1993 | Marijke Vandewal | 146 POL |
| 1992 | Frédéric Linotte | 145 POL |
| 1991 | Johan Gallant | 144 POL |
| 1990 | Stefan Odeurs | 128 TAW |
| 1989 | Bertrand Koenigs | 127 TAW |
| 1988 | Bart Scheers | 141 POL |
| 1987 | Bart De Bie | 125 TAW |
| 1986 | Hans De Smet | 124 TAW |
| 1985 | Wilfried Haesendonck | 123 TAW |
| 1984 | Pierre Lelubre | 122 TAW |
| 1983 | Ronny Eeckeloo | 121 TAW |
| 1982 | Wim Robberecht | 120 TAW |
| 1981 | Ludy Modderie | 119 TAW |
| 1980 | Michel Ocula | 133 POL |
| 1979 | Jan Leysen | 132 POL |
| 1978 | Richard Laurent | 116 TAW |
| 1977 | Dirk Vancoillie | 115 TAW |
| 1976 | Luc Vereecken | 114 TAW |
| 1975 | Peter Luypaers | 113 TAW |
| 1974 | Pieter Gordts († 1993) | 127 POL |
| 1973 | Gilles Bourdoux | 11 TAW |
| 1972 | Georges Duhaut († 2006) | 110 TAW |
| 1971 | Christian Ghenne | 109 TAW |
| 1970 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 108 TAW |
| 1969 | Georges Vanlerberghe | 107 TAW |
| 1968 | Luc Legrain | 121 POL |
| 1967 | Leo Vermaere | 120 POL |
| 1966 | Johan Gilbert | 104 TAW |
| 1965 | Willy Marcus | 103 TAW |
| 1964 | Paul Georis | 117 POL |
| 1963 | Willy Bruggeman | 101 TAW |
| 1962 | Jacques Gilson | 100 TAW |
| 1961 | Henry Tytgat | 99 TAW |
| 1960 | Jozef Schoups | 98 TAW |
| 1959 | Charles Respaut | 97 TAW |
| 1958 | Richard Bath | 111 POL |
| 1957 | Jean Besure († 2002) | 95 TAW |
| 1956 | José Jungbluth († 2004) | 109 POL |
| 1955 | Georges Lagasse | 108 POL |
| 1954 | Yvon Coucke | 92 TAW |
| 1953 | René Jacques | 106 POL |
| 1952 | Joannes Segers | 90 TAW |
| 1939 | Pieter-Antoon D'Haese († 2013) | 83 IC |
| 1938 | Pierre Roman († 1978) | 97 AG |
| 1937 | Albert Loosen († 1940) | 81 IC |
Winner King's Sword 2023 - Second lieutenant Janne Lodewyckx