List of military decorations
This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours, category:Orders, decorations, and medals and other categories.
By country[]
Afghanistan[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Afghanistan
Albania[]
Civil awards and decorations of Albania
Algeria[]
- National Order of Merit
Ancient Rome[]
Military awards and decorations of ancient Rome
Andorra[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Argentina
Armenia[]
Awards and decorations of Armenia
Australia[]
Australian honours system
Austria[]
Austria (Republic)[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria
Austria-Hungary (Monarchy)[]
Military awards and decorations of Austria-Hungary
Azerbaijan[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Azerbaijan
Baden[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Baden
Bahamas[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Bahamas
Bahrain[]
Bangladesh[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Bangladesh
- Medals of the Bangladesh Armed Forces
Barbados[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Barbados
Belarus[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus
Belgium[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium
Belize[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Belize
Benin[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Benin
Bhutan[]
Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Bhutan
Bolivia[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana[]
Orders, decorations and medals of Botswana
Brazil[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil
British Empire[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of the British Empire
Brunei[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei
Bulgaria[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Bulgaria
Burma[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Burma
Cambodia[]
Cameroon[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Cameroon
Canada[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces
Chile[]
China[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of China
Colombia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Colombia
Comoros[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Comoros
Confederate States[]
- Davis Guards Medal
(Democratic Republic of the) Congo[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Croatia[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Independent State of Croatia
Cuba[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba
Cyprus[]
- Order of Makarios III
Czech Republic[]
Czechoslovakia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Czechoslovakia
- Category:Military awards and decorations of Czechoslovakia
- Order of the Falcon (Czechoslovakia)
- Order of the White Lion
- Czechoslovak War Cross
Denmark[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark
Dominica[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Dominica
Dominican Republic[]
East Timor[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of East Timor
Ecuador[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Ecuador
Egypt[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Egypt
- Order of the Nile
- Order of Ismail
El Salvador[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of El Salvador
Estonia[]
Ethiopia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Ethiopia
- Order of Menelik II
Fiji[]
- Fijian honours system
Finland[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Finland
- List of honours of Finland awarded to heads of state and royalty
France[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of France
- Historical orders, decorations, and medals of France
- French overseas orders
Gabon[]
- National Order of Merit
- Order of the Equatorial Star
Georgia (country)[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia
Germany[]
Germany (Federal Republic)[]
German Democratic Republic (East Germany)[]
Germany (Third Reich)[]
Germany (Empire)[]
Ghana[]
Greece[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Greece
Greenland[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Greenland
Guatemala[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Guatemala
Guinea[]
- National Order of Merit
Equatorial Guinea[]
Guyana[]
Haiti[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Haiti
Hanover[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Hanover
Holy See[]
Hong Kong[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong
Hungary[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Hungary
- (Military award of Hungarian Revolution of 1848)
- vitéz plaqueKnightly Order of Bravery|Vitèzi Rend (Order of Vitéz)
- (Order of the Hungarian Holy Crown)
- Magyar Vitézségi Érem (Medal for Bravery)
- Magyar Érdemrend és Érdemérem (Order of Merit, Military Class)
- (Commemorative Medal for the Return of South Hungary)
- (Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of North Transylvania)
- (Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of Upper Hungary)
- (Fire Cross)
Iceland[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Iceland
India[]
- Wartime awards
- Param Vir Chakra
- Maha Vir Chakra
- Vir Chakra
- Peacetime awards
- Ashoka Chakra
- Kirti Chakra
- Shaurya Chakra
- Distinguished Service and Gallantry
- Sena Medal (Army) Nao Sena Medal (Navy) Vayusena Medal (Air Force)
- Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal
- Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
- Yudh Seva Medal
- Param Vishisht Seva Medal
- Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
- Vishisht Seva Medal
Indonesia[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia
Iran[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Iran
- Awards and decorations of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
Iraq[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Iraq
- Order of the Two Rivers
Ireland[]
Military awards and decorations of Ireland
Israel[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Israel
- Category:Military awards and decorations of Israel
Italy[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Italy
Ivory Coast[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Ivory Coast
Jamaica[]
Japan[]
Jordan[]
Kazakhstan[]
Kenya[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Kenya
Kiribati[]
Korea[]
North Korea[]
- Orders and medals of North Korea
South Korea[]
Kosovo[]
Kuwait[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Kuwait
- Wisam al-Tahir (or Kuwait Liberation Medal)
Kyrgyzstan[]
Latvia[]
Lebanon[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Lebanon
Liberia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Liberia
Libya[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Libya
Liechtenstein[]
Lithuania[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Lithuania
Luxembourg (Monarchy)[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Luxembourg
Macau[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Macau
Madagascar[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Madagascar
Malawi[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Malawi
(Federation of) Malaya[]
- Johan Mangku Negara
- Panglima Mangku Negara
Malaysia[]
Orders, decorations, and medals of Malaysia
Mali[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Mali
Malta[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Malta
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Order pro merito Melitensi
Mauritius[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Mauritius
Mexico[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico
- Mexican Imperial Orders
- Military decorations of Mexico
Moldova[]
Monaco[]
Mongolia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Mongolia
Montenegro[]
Morocco[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Morocco
- Order of Ouissam Alaouite
- Order of the Military (Morocco)
- Sharifian Order of Military Merit
- Order of Military Merit (Morocco)
Mozambique[]
Myanmar[]
Namibia[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Namibia
- Decorations
- Namibian Cross for Bravery in Gold
- Order of Mukorob
- Namibian Cross for Bravery in Silver
- Namibian Cross for Bravery in Bronze
- Campaign Medal(s)
- Campaign Medal
- Long Service Medals
- Service Medal: 30 Years
- Service Medal: 20 Years
- Service Medal: 10 Years
- Shooting Medal(s)
- Namibian Champion Shot Medal
Nepal[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Nepal
Netherlands[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands
- Category:Military awards and decorations of the Netherlands
- Knightly military Orders
- Military Order of William
- Order of Orange-Nassau (Military division)
- Decorations
- Cross for Courage and Fidelity (Not awarded anymore)
- Honorary Sabre (Not currently awarded)
- Honorable Mention (Obsolete)
- Bronze Lion
- Bronze Cross
- Cross of Merit
- Airman's Cross
- Decoration of Merit
- Decoration for Important Military Acts (Not currently awarded)
- Lombok Cross (Not awarded anymore)
- War Remembrance Cross (Not awarded anymore)
- Decoration for Order and Peace (Not awarded anymore)
- New Guinea Remembrance Cross (Not awarded anymore)
- Mobilisation War Cross (Not awarded anymore)
- (Not awarded anymore)
- (Not awarded anymore)
- Kosovo Medal
- (of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army - Not awarded anymore)
- (of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army - Not awarded anymore)
- Cross for the Four Day Marches
New Zealand[]
- New Zealand royal honours system
Nigeria[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria
North Macedonia[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of North Macedonia
Norway[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway
Oman[]
Ottoman Empire[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Ottoman Empire
Palestine[]
- Decorations, medals and badges of Palestine
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the State of Palestine
Pakistan[]
- Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces
- Civil decorations of Pakistan
Panama[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Panama
Papua New Guinea[]
- Papua New Guinea honours system
Peru[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Peru
Philippines[]
Awards and decorations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Poland[]
Portugal[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Portugal
Puerto Rico[]
Qatar[]
Rhodesia[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Rhodesia
Military decorations and medals awarded during the UDI (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) period from 1965 to 1979. See also Zimbabwe.
- Decorations
- Grand Cross of Valour (GCV) (1970–1981)
- Order of the Legion of Merit: Military Division (1970–1981)
- Silver Cross of Rhodesia (SCR) (1970–1981)
- Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR) (1970–1981)
- Defence Cross for Distinguished Service (DCD) (1976–1981)
- Meritorious Conduct Medal (MCM) (1970–1981)
- Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM) (1973–1981)
- Defence Forces' Medal for Meritorious Service (DMM) (1971–1981)
- Campaign Medals
- Rhodesia General Service Medal (1969)
- Long Service Medals
- Exemplary Service Medal (1970–1981)
- Medal for Territorial and Reserve Service (1970–1981)
- Shooting Medals
- President's Medal for Shooting (1970–1981)
- Other Awards
- Military Forces Commendation (emblem) (1970–1981)
Romania[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Romania
Russian Federation[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia
- Honorary titles
- Hero of the Russian Federation
- Orders
- Order of St. Andrew (highest civil and military award)
- Order of Saint George (highest military award)
- Order of Merit for the Motherland
- Order of Courage
- Order of Zhukov
- Order of Suvorov
- Order of Ushakov
- Order of Kutuzov
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of Nakhimov
- Order of Naval Merit
- Order of Military Merit
- Medals
- Medal of the Gold Star (for the title "Hero of the Russian Federation")
- Medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland
- Medal "For Courage"
- Medal of Suvorov
- Medal of Nesterov
- Medal of Ushakov
- Medal of Zhukov
- Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders"
- Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order"
Rwanda[]
Saint Lucia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Saint Lucia
Samoa[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Samoa
San Marino[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of San Marino
Saudi Arabia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Saudi Arabia
- Nuth al-Tahrir al-Kuwait (or Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait)
Senegal[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal
Serbia[]
Sierra Leone[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Sierra Leone
Singapore[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Singapore
- Category:Military awards and decorations of Singapore
Slovakia[]
Slovenia[]
Solomon Islands[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Solomon Islands
Somalia[]
South Africa[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa
- South African military decorations order of wear
- South African military decorations
Soviet Union[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
Spain[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Spain
Kingdom of Spain[]
- Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
- Medalla Militar (Military Medal)
- Cruz de Guerra (War Cross)
- Medalla del Ejército (Army Medal)
- Medalla Naval (Navy Medal)
- Medalla Aérea (Air Force Medal)
- Orden del Mérito Militar (Order of Military Merit)
- Orden del Mérito Naval (Order of Naval Merit)
- Orden del Mérito Policial (Order of Policial Merit)
- Orden del Mérito Aeronáutico (Order of Air Force Merit)
- Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo (Royal & Military Order of Saint Hermenegildo)
- Cruz a la Constancia en el Servicio (Long Military Service Cross)
- Medalla de Campaña (Campaign Medal)
Second Spanish Republic[]
- Laureate Plate of Madrid
- Madrid Distinction
- Order of the Spanish Republic
- (Medal of Valor)
- (Medal of Freedom)
- (Medal of the Suffering for the Fatherland)
- (Medal of the Second War of Independence)
Reference: Segunda República (1931-1939)
Sri Lanka[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Sri Lanka
- Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
Suriname[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Suriname
Swaziland[]
- Decorations
- Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Medal for Distinguished Service (1980–present)
- Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Medal for Meritorious Service (1980–present)
- Long Service Medals
- Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Long Service Medal (1980–present)
Sweden[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden
Syria[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Syria
Taiwan (Republic of China)[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Republic of China
Tanzania[]
Thailand[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Thailand
Togo[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Togo
Tonga[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago[]
Tunisia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Tunisia
Turkey[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkey
Turkmenistan[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkmenistan
Tuscany[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Tuscany
Two Sicilies[]
Uganda[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Uganda
Ukraine[]
United Arab Emirates[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
- Military awards and decorations of the United Kingdom
United States[]
- Awards and decorations of the United States military
- Awards and decorations of the United States government
Uruguay[]
Vanuatu[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Vanuatu
Venezuela[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Venezuela
Vietnam[]
South Vietnam (former)[]
Yugoslavia[]
Zambia[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Zambia
Zanzibar[]
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
Zimbabwe[]
See also[]
- Lists of awards
- List of highest military decorations
- List of military awards and decorations of World War II
- List of military awards and decorations of the Gulf War
- List of wound decorations
- List of international military decorations
External links[]
- Lists of military lists
- Military awards and decorations
- Lists of awards