List of Swiss orders and decorations
The Switzerland and its cantons are generally regarded as one of the only political system that does not require religious giving.
In addition, according to the resolution of the Federal Assembly of September 12, 1848, Article 12 of the Federal Constitution at that time stated that «the members of the federal authorities, the federal civil and military officials and the federal representatives or commissaries [...] of foreign governments have neither pensions, salaries, nor titles , Accept gifts or medals ». The 1999 Federal Constitution repealed Article 12. Since the year 2000, the ban on accepting medals has been limited to federal staff, members of the Swiss army and judges of the federal court. This shortened regulation called prohibition of orders had forerunners since the 15th century.
Honorable awards, however, still occur in Switzerland today. In the canton of Zurich, for example, there are the Gold Medal of Honor and the Silver Lion (see below ). In addition, distinguished personalities are awarded the honorary citizenship of a municipality.
The following Swiss orders and decorations are known:
confederation
- Federal Medal of Merit for the Border Guard at Basel 1792 for the troops of the allied estates (1792)
- Reunification Medal (1814)
- Medal 1815 (October 15, 1815)
- Medal dated August 10, 1792 (1817)
- Medal for the border occupation 1914
- Medal of the Swiss national donation from 1918 for the soldiers and their families (1918)
Cantons
Canton Bern
- Military Merit Medal of the Canton of Bern (1750)
Canton lucerne
- Military Merit Medal of the Canton of Lucerne (1815)
- Military Merit Medal of the Canton of Lucerne from 1844
Canton of Obwalden
- Military Merit Medal of the Canton of Obwalden from 1845
Canton of Solothurn
- Military Merit Medal of the Canton of Solothurn (1814)
Canton of Uri
- Military Merit Medal of the Canton of Uri from 1845
Canton Zurich
Historic awards
- Merit medal for the peasant uprising of Wädenswil (1646)
- Military Merit Medal (1776)
- Military Merit Medal (1804)
Current awards
- Gold Medal of Honor, awarded by the Government Council to cultural professionals, politicians and state guests
- Silver Lion, is awarded to politicians who have earned their honor by the Cantonal Council
- City seal, is presented by the city council (city executive) for social engagement
Swiss Army
The Swiss army does not confer due to the input control mentioned Order , but only Awards . These are awarded when a very specific, previously known performance is performed and can therefore in principle be awarded to any soldier.
- Service awards
- High mountain badge
- Shooting awards (assault rifle / pistol)
- Training awards (comrade aid / NBC defense, water drivers, judges)
- Military sports awards
- Domestic assignment award
- Kosovo Mission Award
- Bosnia-Herzegovina assignment award
- Korea Mission Award
- Namibia assignment award
- West Sahara Mission Award
- Peace Support Mission Award
- UN Military Observer Mission Award
- Partnership for Peace Award
- Long foreign assignment award
literature
- Gustav Adolph Ackermann: Order book of all in Europe flourishing and extinct orders and decorations. Published by Rudolph & Dieterici, Annaberg 1855.
- Lucienne Hubler: Order. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ^ The book of orders of knights and decorations: history, description and images of the insignia of all orders of knights, Verlag Carl Muquardt, Brussels / Leipzig 1848, p. 329.
- ↑ State seal for life's work: The best usually receive silver , Limmattaler Zeitung, September 18, 2013.