Homeland War Memorial Medal

Homeland War Memorial Medal
Spomenica Domovinskog rata
TypeService medal
Awarded forParticipation in the Homeland War
CountryCroatia
Presented bythe President of Croatia
EligibilityCroatian and foreign citizens
StatusActive
EstablishedMarch 10, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-10)
Total430,884
Ribbon of the Homeland War Memorial Medal
Precedence
Next (higher)Order of the Croatian Interlace[1]
Next (lower)Homeland's Gratitude Medal[1]

The Homeland War Memorial (Croatian: Spomenica Domovinskog rata) is a Croatian state medal awarded to both Croatian and foreign citizens who participated in the nation's Croatian War of Independence as a volunteer, part of the Croatian Army and Croatian Council of Defence or in some other role.[2]

The medal was widely granted, given to over 430,000 people who participated in the war in some form.[3] Much less number has been given in its first and original form Spomenica Domovinskog rata 1990.-1992. to those who participated in the resistance and early days of the formation of the Croatian state and army in the period 1990-1992, and as such was established on the 9th of June 1992.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Croatian Parliament (1995-03-24). "Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske" [Law on Decorations]. Narodne novine (in Croatian) (1995/20). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. ^ "ZAKON o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske NN 20/95". Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  3. ^ "Military Medals, Decorations, and Orders of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina - Croatian Forces International Volunteers Association - Udruga Medunarodnih Dragovoljaca Hrvatskih Oruzanih Snaga". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  4. ^ "Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske".
  5. ^ "Osnovna".