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Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium

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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 that is used as a basis.

National orders

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
[[File:Ordre de Leopold 1 officier.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Order_of_the_African_star_BEL_Knight.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Belgian_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion,_Officer.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Crown_Order_Officer_Belgium.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Ordre_Leopold_2_officer_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Knight_bar.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Order of the African Star - Knight BAR.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Knight_BAR.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Kroonorde_Ridder_BAR.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Knight_BAR.png	105px	center]]

Current awards and decorations

Military awards

Military decoration for exceptional service or acts of bravery or extraordinary devotion	Military Cross	Military Decoration for faithful service	Cross of honour for service abroad	Commemorative medal for armed humanitarian operations	Commemorative medal for foreign missions or operations	Commemorative medal for missions or operations regarding the operational defense of the territory	Meritorious service medal
[[File:Deco_militaire_guerre_1cl.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_militaire_belge_2cl.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Deco_militaire_long_service_2nd_class.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Foreign_Service_Honor_Cross_3rd_class.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Operations_Humanitaires_Armees.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Operations_et_missions_etrangeres_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Homeland_operations_belgium.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Merite_MIlitaire_Belge.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_Military_Decoration_for_Gallantry.PNG	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Militair_Kruis_2klasse_BAR.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Military_Decoration_for_Faithful_Service.PNG	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Foreign_Service_Honour_Cross_3rd_Class_ribbon.PNG	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Commemorative_Medal_for_Armed_Humanitarian_Operations_ribbon.PNG	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Comm_Medal_for_Foreign_Missions_or_Operations.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Commemorative_Medal_for_Homeland_Operations_ribbon.jpg	105px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_Merite_Militaire_Belgique_Ribbon.jpg	105px	center]]

Civilian awards

Civil Decoration for acts of bravery, selfsacrifice and philanthropy	Carnegie hero fund medal	Civil Decoration for long service	Labour decoration	Laureate of labour
[[File:Deco_Civique_courage_medaille_or.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_Carneggie_Heldenfonds.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Deco_civique_croix_2_cl.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Labour_Decoration.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Honour_Badge_of_Labour.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_Civil_Decoration_for_Bravery,_Devotion,_and_Philanthropy.png	105px	center]]	[[File:Humane_Order_of_African_Redemption_(Liberia)_-_ribbon_bar.gif	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Civic_Decoration_ribbon.png	105px	center]]

Military marching medals

Commemorative medal for the European remembrance and friendship march	Commemorative medal 'Yser march'
[[File:Médaille_commémorative_de_la_Marche_Européenne_du_Souvenir_et_de_l'Amitié.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Yser_March_medal_Obverse.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_European_March_of_Memory_and_Friendship_ribbon.PNG	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Four_Days_of_the_Yser_ribbon.PNG	105px	center]]

Historical awards and decorations

These medals and decorations are currently no longer awarded.

Belgian Revolution (1830–31)

Merit medal of the civil guard	1830 Star of honour	Iron cross and iron medal	1830 volunteers commemorative cross
	[[File:Etoile_d'honneur_1830.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_de_Fer_2cl.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_Commémorative_des_Volontaires_de_1830.jpg	100px	center]]
	[[File:BEL_Étoile_d%27Honneur_1830_ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Croix_de_fer_ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Croix_Commémorative_des_Volontaires_de_1830_ribbon.png	105px	center]]

World War I (1914–1918)

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
[[File:CDG 14 18.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_de_l_Yser_1914_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix du Feu.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:MaritimeDecorationFirstClass.jpg	alt=Maritime Decoration, First Class	thumb	300x300px]]	[[File:Déco_civique_1cl_1914-1918.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille du Roi Albert Berlgique 14 18.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Queen Elisabeth Medal obverse.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_du_Volontaire_Combattant_1914_18_Belgique_Avers.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_Croix_de_Guerre_WW1_ribbon.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_ou_Croix_de_l'Yser_(Belgium)_-_ribbon_bar.gif	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Fire Cross 1914–1918.png	105px	center]]		[[File:BEL_Décoration_Civique_1914-1918_ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_roi_Albert_ribbon.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:Queen_Elizabeth_Medal_ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:DC_Community_Service_Ribbon.png	105px	center]]

Victory medal '14-'18	Commemorative medal of the War '14-'18	Commemorative medal of the African campaigns '14-'17	Medal of the political prisoner '14-'18	Deportees cross '14-'18	Colonial commemorative medal	Medal of the national committee for aid and nourishment	Medal for the national restoration	Liège Medal
[[File:WW1_Victory_Medal_Belgium_1914_18.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_Commemorative_Belge_1914_18.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Commemorative_Medal_of_the_African_Campaigns_1914-1917_OBVERSE.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_Prisonnier_Politique_1914-1918.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_des_Déportés_AVERS.jpg	100px	center]]		[[File:Médaille_du_Comité_National_de_Secours_Belgique_Avers.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medal_for_National_Restoration.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_de_Liège_avers.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:Interallied_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_commémorative_1914-1918_(Belgique)_ribbon.svg	105px	center]]		[[File:BEL Médaille du Prisonnier Politique 1914–1918 ribbon.png	105px	center]]					[[File:BEL_Médaille_de_Liège_ribbon.png	105px	center]]

{{ visible anchor |World War II}} (1940–1945) and the Korean War (1954)

Medals are shown in order of precedence.

War cross '40-'45	Armed resistance medal	Political prisoner's cross '40-'45	Civil decoration '40-'45	Escaper's cross	Medal of Belgian gratitude '40–'45	Medal of the war volunteer '40-'45	Commemorative medal of the war '40-'45	Foreign operational theatres commemorative medal
[[File:CDG 40 45.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_de_la_resistance_armee_40_45_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_du_Prisonnier_Politique_1940-1945.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Décoration_Civique_1940-1945.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_des_évadés.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Belge_1940–1945.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_Volontaire_1940-1945_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:WW2_commemorative_medal_Belgium.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Foreign_Operational_Theatres_Commemorative_Medal.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_Croix_de_Guerre_1944_ribbon.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Médaille de la Résistance 1940–1945 ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:Political Prisoner's Cross 1940–1945 ribbon.jpg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Décoration Civique 1940–1945 ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Escapees' Cross 1940–1945.png	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Médaille de la Reconnaissance Belge 1940–1945 ribbon.png	105px	center]]	[[File:Volunteer's_Medal_1940-1945._Belgium,_1946.gif	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Commemorative_Medal_of_the_War_1940-1945.png	105px	center]]

Prisoner of war medal '40-'45	Maritime medal	Commemorative medal of the Ethiopian campaign '40-'41	African war medal '40-'45	Civilian resistance medal	Civilian disobedience medal	Colonial war effort medal '40–'45	Military combatant medal '40-'45	Medal for resistance against nazism in the annexed territories	World War II Recruiting centres medal
[[File:Prisoner of War Medal 1940-45 Belgium.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Medaille_Maritime_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_Commémorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Ethiopie.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_de_la_Guerre_Africaine_1940-1945_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_Résistant_civil_1940_45_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_Réfractaire_Belgique_Avers.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_de_l'Effort_de_Guerre_Colonial_1940-1945_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_Combattant_Militaire_de_la_Guerre_1940-1945_Belgique.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_du_Résistant_contre_le_Nazisme_dans_les_Territoires_Annexées.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:Médaille_du_prisonnier_de_guerre_1940-1945_ribbon.jpg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL Médaille Maritime 1940–1945 ribbon.png	105px	center]]				[[File:Médaille_du_réfractaire_(Belgique)_ribbon_(3).jpg	105px	center]]		[[File:Médaille du Combattant Militaire de la Guerre 1940–1945 ribbon.png	105px	center]]

Other medals and awards

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
[[File:Croix_de_Guerre_post_1954_obv.jpg	100px	center]]
[[File:BEL_Croix_de_Guerre_1954_ribbon.svg	105px	center]]	[[File:BEL_Congo_service_star_ribbon.jpg	105px	center]]

The medal for sports merit	The medal for family merit	The medal for agricultural and artisanal merit	The medal for services rendered
			[[File:Médaille_pour_Services_Rendus_BELGIQUE_Avers.jpg	100px	center]]
			[[File:BEL_Médaille_pour_Services_Rendus_ribbon.png	105px	center]]

Commemorative medals

Commemorative medal of the visit to Brazil	Commemorative medal 1870-1871	Commemorative medal of the 100 anniversary of the national independence	Commemorative Decoration of the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the railroads	Commemorative medal of the reign of King Leopold I	Commemorative medal of the reign of King Leopold II	Commemorative medal of the reign of King Albert I	Commemorative decoration for the 50th anniversary of the Ostend-Dover Line	Commemorative medal of the VIIth olympics
	[[File:Medaille Commemorative 1870 71 Belgique AVERS.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille_Commémorative_du_Centenaire_de_l%27_Indépendance_Nationale_AVERS.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix_Commemorative_du_50eme_Anniversaire_de_la_Creation_des_Chemins_de_Fer_1834_1884.jpg	100px	center]]		[[File:Leopold 2 commemorative medal Belgium.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Albert_I_commemorative_medal_Belgium.jpg	100px	center]]
		[[File:BEL_Centenary_of_National_Independence_Commemorative_Medal.png	105px	center]]

Commemorative medal for the 75th anniversary of the telegraph service	Commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of the telegraph service	Commemorative medal for the 75th anniversary of the Belgian postal services	Commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of the Belgian postal services	Commemorative medal for Congo	Commemorative cross of the House of King Albert	Commemorative decoration for the 50th anniversary of the Royal donation fund	Medal for the 50th anniversary of Belgian Congo
[[File:Commemorative Medal of the 75th Anniversary of the Telegraph Services.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Centenary_of_the_Telegraphic_Service.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Médaille Commémorative du 75ème Anniversaire de la Poste Belge 1849–1924.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Commemorative_Medal_for_the_100th_Anniversary_of_the_Belgian_Postal_Service,_1949.jpg	100px	center]]

Belgian Red Cross

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
[[File:Order_of_the_Belgian_Red_Cross.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Croix Rouge Médaille de Donneur de Sang.jpg	100px	center]]	[[File:Erekruis van het Belgische Rode Kruis 1939 1945.gif	100px	center]]	[[File:Red Cross Decoration, 1940-1945.jpg	100px	center]]

References

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)

References

Borné A.C., 1985, ''Distinctions honorifiques de la Belgique, 1830-1985'' (Brussels)

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