Order of the Slovak National Uprising

The Order of the Slovak National Uprising was donated by decision of the National Council No. 102 of August 23, 1945 in two classes and a commemorative medal and was intended as an award for all people who have made outstanding contributions to the defense, as well as themselves directly involved in the preparations and the defense and involved in the uprising. It could also be awarded posthumously.

The first class is a silver- gilt round medal and shows in relief a woman moving to the left with a sword in her raised right hand. All around SLOVENSKÉ NÁRODNÉ POVSTANIE 29.VIII.1944 . On the reverse the five-line inscription RAD SLOVENSKÉ NÁRODNÉHO POVSTANIA I.TRIEDA (Order of the Slovak National Uprising 1st Class). The second class is made of silver and differs only in the changed inscription on the back RAD SLOVENSKÉ NÁRODNÉHO POVSTANIA II.TRIEDA (Order of the Slovak National Uprising, Second Class).

The front of the commemorative medal made of bronze corresponds to the 1st and 2nd class. On the back there is the three-line inscription NA PAMÄT ZA ÚČASŤ NA POVSTÁNÍ (In memory of participation in the uprising). There is a linden leaf above and below the inscription.

Class I and II are worn on a blue ribbon with a white central stripe, the commemorative medal on the ribbon of the Slovak national colors white-blue-red on the left side of the chest.

literature

• Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann : Ordenskunde - Contributions to the history of awards. No. 25. The Order Collection, Berlin 1964.