Order of Prince Domagoj with collar
| Order of Prince Domagoj with collar Red kneza Domagoja s ogrlicom |
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| Neck medal , medal miniature and ribbon buckle | |
| Awarded for | Courage and heroism in the event of war or merits in the event of an imminent threat of war or national exceptional cases with suspicion of danger |
| Founder: | Stjepan Mesic |
| Foundation year: | 1995 |
| Award levels: | no |
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The Prince Domagoj Order with Collar ( Croatian Red kneza Domagoja s ogrlicom ) is a state award of the Republic of Croatia .
Foundation and rank
The Order of Merit was donated on March 10, 1995 by Prime Minister Stjepan Mesić . It is named after the Croatian Knez (prince) Domagoj .
The Prince Domagoj Order ranks seventh in the Croatian order system and is awarded to nationals and foreigners for proven courage and heroism in the event of war, and also for services in the event of an imminent threat of war or in exceptional national cases with suspected danger.
Appearance and wearing style
The decoration of the order shows a coarse transverse 999 silver oval with a height of 40 mm and a width of 50 mm, in the middle of which a gilded naked archer kneels. He kneels with his buttocks on his right foot while he extends his left leg to the left in the direction of the shot. Below the archer there is a semicircular ornament in the form of a wave with the inscription KNEZ DOMAGOJ (Prince Domagoj). At the top of the decoration of the order, the Croatian coat of arms can be seen, underlaid by two diagonally crossed swords. Above that is the attachment for the ribbon showing the Croatian wickerwork.
The lapel is smooth and shows the engraved Croatian wickerwork in the middle and the inscription REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA (Republic of Croatia).
The collar is 36 mm wide and 600 mm long and has the red and silver checkerboard pattern of the Croatian coat of arms .
The miniature belonging to the order is worn on the upper left side of the chest, either as a ribbon medal or a ribbon buckle with a miniature of the medal.
Carrier (selection)
- Janko Bobetko (1919-2003), General
- Bruno Bušić (1939–1978), journalist (posthumous)
- Radimir Čačić (* 1949), politician
- Siniša Glavašević (1960–1991), journalist (posthumous)
- Ante Gotovina (* 1955), General
- Stanko Sopta (* 1966), General
- Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999), President
- Blago Zadro (1944–1991), General (posthumous)
See also
literature
- Stjepan Adanić, Krešimir Kašpar, Boris Prister, Ivan Ružić: Hrvatska odlikovanja . 2nd Edition. Narodne novine, Zagreb 1997, ISBN 953-6053-18-7 .
Web links
- Foundation decree of the Order with illustrations. Retrieved November 22, 2013 (Croatian).