List of Hungarian orders and decorations

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Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Republic since 1991

The list of Hungarian orders and decorations gives an overview of the orders and decorations in Hungary.

Kingdom until 1918

Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (1764)
Memorial to the Knights of the Golden Spur (Hungary) (1918)

Kingdom 1920–1945

Vitez Order (1920)
Decoration of Honor of the Hungarian Red Cross (1922)
Cross of Merit (1922)
Signum Laudis (1922)
Military Merit Medal (1922)
Military Officer Service Badge (1923)
Hungarian World War II Commemorative Medal (1929)
Matthias Corvinus Badge of Honor (1930)
Military Disabled Badge (1931)
Special badge of the head of the Hungarian aviation authority (1931)
Hungarian pilot badge (1931)
Hungarian observer badge (1931)
Order of Merit (1935)
Nikolaus Toldi Merit Medal (1936)
Commemorative medal for the liberation of Upper Hungary (1938)
St. Stephen's Order (1938)
Hungarian pilot badge (1938)
Hungarian Paratrooper Troops Badge (1940)
Hungarian Paratrooper Achievement Badge (1940)
Commemorative medal for the liberation of Transylvania (1940)
National Defense Cross (1940)
National Defense Medal (1940)
Cross of fire for front fighters (1941)
Commemorative medal for the recovery of southern Hungary (1941)
Medal of Bravery (1942)
Order of the Holy Crown (1942)
Levente Badge of Honor (1943)
Honvéd Cross of Honor (1944)
National Defense Cross (1944)

Hungary 1945–1949

1945-1949

Order of Merit of the Republic (1946)
Order of Freedom (Hungary) (1946)
Kossuth Order (1948)

People's Republic 1949–1989

1949-1989

Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Hungary (1953)
Order of the flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
Order of Merit of the Red Flag for Labor
Order of the Red Flag
Order of Merit for Labor
Order of Merit of Hungary
Order of the Red Star
Order of Merit for exceptional merits
Service Order of Merit

Republic since 1990

Badge of Honor for the Fatherland (1990)
Badge of Honor for Courageous Deeds (1990)
Commemorative Medal for the Hungarian National Uprising (1991)
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (1991)
Matthias Corvinus Badge of Honor (1991)
Cross of Honor (Hungary) (1991)
Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen (2011)

literature

Arnhard Graf Klenau: European Order from 1700. Munich 1978, ISBN 3-921566-05-3 .
Jörg Nimmergut : Order of Europe. Battenberg, Regenstauf 2007, ISBN 978-3-86646-020-1 .
Ágnes Makai and Vera Héri: Kereszt, Érem, Csillag - Kitüntetések a magyar történelemben , Helikon Kiadó 2002
Roman von Procházka : Austrian Order Handbook , Ed .: Graf Klenau OHG, Munich 1974