Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium
Belgium has established numerous orders of knighthood, decorations and medals since its creation in 1830. Below is a list of those awards. The order of precedence is difficult to establish as Belgium does not keep an up-to-date listing with dormant and active awards. However, André Borné has established such a list[1] that is used as a basis.
National orders
[edit]Orders displayed on a white background are active; those on a grey background are dormant or no longer awarded.
Order of Leopold | Order of the African Star | Royal Order of the Lion | Order of the Crown | Order of Leopold II |
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Current awards and decorations
[edit]Military awards
[edit]Civilian awards
[edit]Civil Decoration for acts of bravery, selfsacrifice and philanthropy | Carnegie hero fund medal | Civil Decoration for long service | Labour decoration | Laureate of labour |
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Military marching medals
[edit]Commemorative medal for the European remembrance and friendship march | Commemorative medal 'Yser march' |
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Historical awards and decorations
[edit]These medals and decorations are currently no longer awarded.
Belgian Revolution (1830–31)
[edit]Merit medal of the civil guard | 1830 Star of honour | Iron cross and iron medal | 1830 volunteers commemorative cross |
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World War I (1914–1918)
[edit]Medals are shown in order of precedence.
War cross '14-'18 | Yser medal | Fire cross | Maritime decoration of the War | Civil decoration of the War | King Albert medal | Queen Elisabeth medal | Volunteer combatant medal |
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World War II (1940–1945) and the Korean War (1954)
[edit]Medals are shown in order of precedence.
Other medals and awards
[edit]Awards and medals listed below are either obsolete or have never been awarded.
War cross | The service star | The meritorious service medal for native chiefs | The royal household medal | The native service medal | The Arab campaign medal |
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The medal for sports merit | The medal for family merit | The medal for agricultural and artisanal merit | The medal for services rendered |
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Commemorative medals
[edit]Belgian Red Cross
[edit]Order of the Belgian red cross | Blood donor's medal | Cross of honour of the Belgian red cross '40-'45 | Red cross decoration '40-'45 | Commemorative medal 22 March Red Cross Flemish Brabant |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Borné A.C., 1985, Distinctions honorifiques de la Belgique, 1830-1985 (Brussels)
- Quinot H., 1950, Recueil illustré des décorations belges et congolaises, 4e Edition. (Hasselt)
- Cornet R., 1982, Recueil des dispositions légales et réglementaires régissant les ordres nationaux belges. 2e Ed. N.pl., (Brussels)
- Borné A.C., 1985, Distinctions honorifiques de la Belgique, 1830–1985 (Brussels)
- Van Hoorebeke, 2007, P., 175 Ans de l'Ordre de Léopold et les Ordres Nationaux Belges (MRA Brussels)
- André Borné, 1982, Honneur au travail: Distinctions honorifiques pour les travailleurs 1830–1980, (Brussels)
Further reading
[edit]- Clark, Samuel (2016). Distributing Status: The Evolution of State Honours in Western Europe. Montreal: McGill-Queen's university press. ISBN 9780773546844.
External links
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