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
- Honorary Spahi
- National Order of Merit
Ancient Rome
Antigua and Barbuda
Orders, decorations, and medals of Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Awards and decorations of Armenia
Australia
Austria (Republic)
Austria-Hungary (Monarchy)
Military awards and decorations of Austria-Hungary
Baden
Orders, decorations, and medals of Baden
Bahamas
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Bahamas
Bahrain
Orders, decorations, and medals of Bahrain
Bangladesh
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Bangladesh
- Medals of the Bangladesh Armed Forces
Barbados
Orders, decorations, and medals of Barbados
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
Botswana
Orders, decorations and medals of Botswana
British Empire
Orders, decorations, and medals of the British Empire
Brunei
Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei
Burma
Orders, decorations, and medals of Burma
Cameroon
Orders, decorations, and medals of Cameroon
Canada
Colombia
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Colombia
Comoros
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Comoros
Confederate States
(Democratic Republic of the) Congo
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Croatia
Cuba
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba
Cyprus
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
- Military Cross (Czechoslovakia)
- Legion of Merit (Czechoslovakia)
- Czechoslovak War Cross
- Medal of Merit (Czechoslovakia)
Dominica
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Ecuador
Egypt
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Egypt
- Order of the Nile
- Order of Ismail
- Order of Ramesseses The Great
- Order of Nasser
- Medal of Narmer
- Medal of The Golden Eagle
- Order of the Bronze Eagle
El Salvador
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of El Salvador
Ethiopia
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Ethiopia
- Order of Menelik II
Finland
France
- Orders, decorations, and medals of France
- Historical orders, decorations, and medals of France
- French overseas orders
Georgia (country)
Germany (Federal Republic)
Germany (Third Reich)
Greenland
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Greenland
Guatemala
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Guatemala
Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Equatorial Guinea
Haiti
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Haiti
Hanover
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Hanover
Holy See
Hungary
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Hungary
- 1848–1849-es szabadságharc érdemjel (Military award of Hungarian Revolution of 1848)
- vitéz plaqueKnightly Order of Bravery|Vitèzi Rend (Order of Vitéz)
- Magyar Szent Korona Rend (Order of the Hungarian Holy Crown)
- Magyar Vitézségi Érem (Medal for Bravery)
- Magyar Érdemrend és Érdemérem (Order of Merit, Military Class)
- Délvidéki Emlékérem (Commemorative Medal for the Return of South Hungary)
- Erdélyi Emlékérem (Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of North Transylvania)
- Felvidéki Emlékérem (Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of Upper Hungary)
- Tűzkereszt (Fire Cross)
Iceland
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Iceland
India
- Wartime awards
- Peacetime awards
- Distinguished Service and Gallantry
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 Date Palm
- Order of the Two Rivers
Israel
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Israel
- Category:Military awards and decorations of Israel
Ivory Coast
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
North Korea
- Orders and medals of North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Kuwait
- Wisam al-Tahir (or Kuwait Liberation Medal)
Latvia
Liberia
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Liberia
Libya
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg (Monarchy)
Madagascar
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Madagascar
Malawi
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Malawi
(Federation of) Malaya
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
Mongolia
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Mongolia
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)
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 Virtue and Peace (Not awarded anymore)
- New Guinea Remembrance Cross (Not awarded anymore)
- Mobilisation War Cross (Not awarded anymore)
- Cross for Justice and Freedom
- Remembrance Medal UN Peace Operations (Not awarded anymore)
- Remembrance Medal Multinational Operations (Not awarded anymore)
- Remembrance Medal Peace Operations
- Kosovo Medal
- Decoration for Long-term Service as an Officer
- Decoration for Long-term and Loyal Service at the Military Coastguard
- Decoration Master-Marksman
- Skills Medal KNIL (of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army - Not awarded anymore)
- Shooting Price Star (of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army - Not awarded anymore)
- Army Medal
- Cross for the Four Day Marches
New Zealand
North Macedonia
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
Panama
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Peru
Puerto Rico
Qatar
- Category:Orders, decorations and medals of Qatar
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)
Russian Federation
- Honorary titles
- 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"
Saint Lucia
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Saint Lucia
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)
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
Solomon Islands
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Solomon Islands
Somalia
- Category:Military awards and decorations of Somalia
South Africa
Soviet Union
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 the International Brigades
- Medalla al Valor (Medal of Valor)
- Medalla de la Libertad (Medal of Freedom)
- Medalla de Sufrimientos por la Patria (Medal of the Suffering for the Fatherland)
- Medalla de la Segunda Guerra de la Independencia (Medal of the Second War of Independence)
Reference: Segunda República (1931-1939)
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)
Syria
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Syria
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Togo
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuscany
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Tuscany
Two Sicilies
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Two Sicilies
United Arab Emirates
- Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
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