Orders, decorations, and medals of Hungary
# Orders, decorations, and medals of Hungary

The following is a list of medals, awards and decorations in use in Hungary. The state awards may be awarded only by the President of Hungary. The following honours are in order of precedence.

## Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded for the most outstanding, special merits, outstanding lifetime achievements and significant international achievements in the interests of Hungary. | 1764–1918, 1938–1946, reinstated in 2011 |

## Hungarian Corvin Chain

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| Non-existent | Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements in Hungarian science and art, as well as in the promotion of Hungarian education and culture. | 1930-1943, reinstated in 2001 |

## Hungarian Order of Honour

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded in recognition of outstanding service or heroism in the interests of Hungary and the nation. | 2011 |

## Hungarian Order of Merit

| Grand Cross with Chain | Grand Cross | Commander's Cross with Star | Commander's Cross | Officer's Cross | Knight's Cross | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | Awarded to civilians for their merits. | 1991 |
| Non-existent | | | | | | Awarded to the officers of military and armed corps for their merits. | 1991 |

## Hungarian Cross of Merit

| Gold Cross | Silver Cross | Bronze Cross | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Awarded to civilians for their merits. | 1991 |
| | | | Awarded to the military for their merits. | 1991 |

## Remembrance Medal of 1956

| For living person | Posthumous | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - |
| | | For those who were involved in the 1956 Revolution. | 1991 |

## Merit Medal for Home Hungary

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| [[File:|108px]] | | 2013 |

## Merit Medal for For Alliance (Hungary)

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | | 2013 |

## Wound Medal (Hungary)

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | | 2013 |

## Merit Medal for Service

| Laurel Wreath | Gold Cross | Silver Cross | Bronze Cross | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | Awarded to the military for their merits during combat operations | 2013 |
| | | | | Awarded to the military for their merits. | 1992 |

## NATO Accession Commemorative Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to the military who were involved in the NATO accession. | 1999 |

## Distinguished Award for National Defense

| 1st class | 2nd class | 3rd class | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for national defence. | 2013 |

## Distinguished Award for the Golden Age

| Gold class | Silver class | Bronze class | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Awarded to retired military personnel for their merits. | 2013 |

## Preservation of Hungarian War Records Decoration

| 1st class | 2nd class | 3rd class | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Awarded to military personnel for preservation of Hungarian war records. | 2013 |

## Service Medals for Officers

| Service Medal for Officers with laurel wreath | Service Medal for Officers 1st class | Service Medal for Officers 2nd class | Service Medal for Officers 3rd class | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | Awarded to officers for their military service. | 1992 |

## Service Medals for NCO's

| Service Medal for Officers with laurel wreath | Service Medal for NCO's 1st class | Service Medal for NCO's 2nd class | Service Medal for NCO's 3rd class | Description | Established |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | Awarded to NCO's for their military service. | 1992 |
| Service Medal for enlisted personnel 1st class | Service Medal for enlisted personnel 2nd class | Service Medal for enlisted personnel 3rd class | Description | Established |
| | | | Awarded to enlisted personnel for their military service. | 1992 |

## Service Medal for Flood Protection

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for flood protection service. | 2002 |

## First Exchange Fire Service Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for first exchange fire service. | 2013 |

## Disaster Relief Service Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for disaster relief service. | 2013 |

## Migration Crisis Management Service Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for migration crisis management service. | 2015 |

## NATO-EU-OSCE-UN Service Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for NATO-EU-OSCE-UN service. | 2002 |

## Peacekeeping Service Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | Awarded to military personnel for their merits for peacekeeping service. | 2002 |

## Independent Democratic Hungary Commemorative Medal

| Ribbon | Description | Established |
| - | - | - |
| | | 2002 |
