Homeland War Memorial Medal

Homeland War Memorial Medal Spomenica Domovinskog rata
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	Participation in the Homeland War
Country	Croatia
Presented by	the President of Croatia
Eligibility	Croatian and foreign citizens
Status	Active
Established	March 10, 1995;30 years ago (1995-03-10)
Total	430,884
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]}

Notable recipients

• Imra Agotic
• Mate Boban
• Radimir Čačić
• Zvonimir Cervenko
• Frane Vinko Golem
• Josip Jovic
• Ante Kotromanovic
• Slobodan Lang
• Sveto Letica
• Bekim Berisha
• Josip Lucic
• Predrag Matić
• Rudolf Perešin
• Željko Reiner
• Daniel Srb
• Predrag Stipanović
• Petar Stipetić ^[6] - (Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia)
• Franjo Tuđman ^{[7] [8]} - (as the President of Croatia, presented to him by Nedjeljko Mihanović, the President of Sabor)

References

1. 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".
6. "Petar Stipetić". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
7. "Odluka kojom se odlikuje Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske, dr. Franjo Tuđman". Narodne novine (in Croatian). 29 May 1995. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
8. "HRT: Naslovnica". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.

External links

• "Odličja - Spomenica Domovinskog rata" [Decorations - Homeland War Memorial]. Hrvatski vojnik (in Croatian). No. 86. May 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2012-11-19.