Homeland War Memorial Medal
The Homeland War Memorial (Croatian: Spomenica Domovinskog rata) is a Croatian state medal awarded to both Croatian and foreign citizens who participated in the nation's Croatian War of Independence as a volunteer, part of the Croatian Army and Croatian Council of Defence or in some other role.[2]
| Homeland War Memorial Medal Spomenica Domovinskog rata | |
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| Type | Service medal |
| Awarded for | Participation in the Homeland War |
| Country | Croatia |
| Presented by | the President of Croatia |
| Eligibility | Croatian and foreign citizens |
| Status | Active |
| Established | March 10, 1995 |
| Total | 430,884 |
 Ribbon of the Homeland War Memorial Medal | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of the Croatian Interlace[1] |
| Next (lower) | Homeland's Gratitude Medal [1] |
The medal was widely granted, given to over 430,000 people who participated in the war in some form.[3]
Notable recipients
- Imra Agotic
- Mate Boban
- Radimir Cacic
- Zvonimir Cervenko
- Frane Vinko Golem
- Josip Jovic
- Ante Kotromanovic
- Slobodan Lang
- Sveto Letica
- Josip Lucic
- Predrag Matić
- Rudolf Perešin
- Željko Reiner
- Daniel Srb
- Predrag Stipanović
- Petar Stipetić[4] - (Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia)
- Franjo Tudman
- Franjo Tuđman[5][6] - (as the President of Croatia, presented to him by Nedjeljko Mihanović, the President of Sabor)
References
- Croatian Parliament (1995-03-24). "Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske" [Law on Decorations]. Narodne novine (in Croatian) (1995/20). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- "ZAKON o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske NN 20/95". Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2007-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://www.webcitation.org/69jK7cxeU?url=http://www.ogulin.hr/povijest/poznati/pocasni-gradani/petar-stipetic
- "Odluka kojom se odlikuje Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske, dr. Franjo Tuđman". Narodne novine (in Croatian). 29 May 1995. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031752/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/12/12/HRT0057.html
External links
- "Odličja - Spomenica Domovinskog rata" [Decorations - Homeland War Memorial]. Hrvatski vojnik (in Croatian) (86). May 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
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