Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (German: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a national honour awarded by the Republic of Austria.

Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Grand Cross, Special Class set of the Order
TypeState decoration
EligibilityCivilians and military personnel
Awarded forMeritorious service
to the Austrian nation
Statistics
Established2 April 1952
Precedence
Next (higher)None (highest)
Next (lower)Varies by grade[1]
RelatedOrder for Science and the Arts

The decoration is awarded in 15 grades and is Austria's highest national honour.

History

The "Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria" was established by the National Council in 1952.[2] It is conferred by the Republic of Austria to honour people (from Austria and abroad) who have rendered meritorious services to the country. Recipients are selected by the government. The awards are made by the President in accordance with the respective laws.[2] The State President of Austria automatically receives the "Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria" by being elected to the office and holds this honour for life. The decoration should not be confused with other decorations in the Austrian honours system such as the "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art".

Classes

The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria is divided into the 15 classes as follows:

  1. Grand Star (Gross-Stern)[3]
  2. Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash (Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen am Bande)[3]
  3. Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash (Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen am Bande)[3]
  4. Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star (Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen mit Stern)[3]
  5. Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star (Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen mit Stern)[3]
  6. Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold (Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen)[3]
  7. Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver (Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen)[3]
  8. Grand Decoration of Honour (Grosses Ehrenzeichen)[3]
  9. Decoration of Honour in Gold (Goldenes Ehrenzeichen)[4]
  10. Decoration of Honour in Silver (Silbernes Ehrenzeichen)[4]
  11. Decoration of Merit in Gold (Goldenes Verdienstzeichen)[4]
  12. Decoration of Merit in Silver (Silbernes Verdienstzeichen)[4]
  13. Gold Medal (Goldene Medaille)[4]
  14. Silver Medal (Silberne Medaille)[4]
  15. Bronze Medal (Bronzene Medaille), no longer awarded[4]

The "Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria" may also be conferred as "Gold Medal with Red Riband" awarded for bravery and lifesaving.[4]

Classes of the decoration
  • The five higher classes with Breast Star
  • The seven lower classes of the Decoration
  • Three Medals in Gold, Silver and Bronze

Notable recipients

See also List of honours of Austria awarded to heads of state and royalty

Below is a list of all Grand Star recipients and other notable recipients, in chronological order with year of award in parentheses:.

Grand Star recipients

Royal Houses

Politicians

Other select recipients

Notes
  1. "Bundespraesident.at: Decorations of Honour". Bundespraesident.at. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Hofburg: Decoration (English); Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Ehrenzeichen (German). Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Hofburg: Ehrenzeichen (German). Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Badurina, Berislav; Saračević, Sead; Grobenski, Valent; Eterović, Ivo; Tudor, Mladen (1980). Bilo je časno živjeti s Titom. Vjesnik. p. 102.
  6. Volkov, Solomon. (2004). Testimony, p. 280.
  7. Felder, Deborah G. (2005). Fifty Jewish Women Who Changed the World, p. 129.
  8. "Eingelangt am 23.04.2012 : Dieser Text wurde elektronisch übermittelt. Abweichungen vom Original sind möglich. Bundeskanzler Anfragebeantwortung" (PDF). Parlament.gv.at. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  9. Toyota: Toyoda bio Archived 2009-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Austrian Decorations". Austrianinformation.org.
  11. "Obituary: Jeanette Schmid". The Daily Telegraph. 17 March 2005.
  12. "Stuart E. Eizenstat". Cov.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  13. "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (PDF) (in German). p. 1879. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2019-05-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. University, Lancaster. "News & Events - Linguistics and English Language - Lancaster University". Lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  16. "Miep Gies :: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services". Miepgies.nl. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  17. "Dr. Dobida offiziell in die IIHF Hall of Fame aufgenommen". Hockey web (in German). 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  18. "Dr. Hans Dobida in die IIHF Hall of Fame aufgenommen". Hockeyfans.at (in German). 2006-11-11. Retrieved 2019-02-26.

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