Awards and decorations received by Josip Broz Tito
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The following is a full list of awards and decorations received by Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president and statesman, sorted by continents and Cold War bloc division. Josip Broz Tito received a total of 119 awards and decorations from 60 countries around the world (59 countries and Yugoslavia). 21 decorations were from Yugoslavia itself, 18 having been awarded once, and the Order of the People's Hero on three occasions. Of the 98 international awards and decorations, 92 were received once, and three on two occasions (Order of the White Lion, Polonia Restituta, and Karl Marx). The most notable awards the Soviet Order of Victory, the Japanese Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, the German Federal Cross of Merit, and the Italian Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.
Most were awarded by Poland and Czechoslovakia with six; then France, Indonesia, and the Soviet Union with five each; followed by Romania with four. The decorations were seldom displayed, however. After the Tito-Stalin split of 1948 and his inauguration as president in 1953, Tito rarely wore his uniform except when present in a military function, when meeting with foreign royalty, and then (with rare exception) only wore his Yugoslav ribbons for obvious practical reasons. The awards were displayed in full number only at his funeral in 1980.[1] Tito's reputation as one of the Allied leaders of World War II, along with his diplomatic position as the founder of the Non-Aligned Movement, was primarily the cause of the favorable international recognition.[1]
Europe
[edit]Western Bloc and neutral countries
[edit]Eastern Bloc
[edit]Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Note | Ref | |
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Order of People's Liberty 1st Class a | Bulgaria | 25 November 1947 | Sofia | Awarded for the participation in the revolutionary struggle of the Bulgarian people. | [9][10][2] | |
Order of the 9 September 1944 1st Class with Swords a | Awarded to Bulgarian and foreign citizens who took part in the armed insurrection of 9 September 1944. | |||||
Order of Georgi Dimitrov a | 22 September 1965 | Sofia | Awarded for exceptional merit. Awarded with the title of "People's Hero of Bulgaria". | [2] | ||
Order of the White Lion 1st Class with Collar (awarded two times) | Czechoslovakia | 22 March 1946 26 September 1964 |
Prague Brijuni |
The highest order of Czechoslovakia. | [2] | |
Military Order of the White Lion 1st Class | 22 March 1946 | Prague | Highest military order of Czechoslovakia. | [2] | ||
Order of the Slovak National Uprising 1st Class | 22 March 1946 | Prague | Military order of the Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia). | [2] | ||
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945 | 22 March 1946 | Prague | Military decoration of Czechoslovakia. | [2] | ||
Military Merit Cross 1939-1945 | 22 March 1946 | Prague | Military decoration of Czechoslovakia. | [2] | ||
Order of Karl Marx a (awarded two times) | East Germany | 12 November 1974 12 January 1977 |
Berlin Belgrade |
The most prestigious order of East Germany. | [2] | |
Grand Star of People's Friendship in Gold a | 8 June 1965 | Berlin | Order of East Germany, awarded for contributions to the preservation of peace. | [2] | ||
Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Hungary, Military Grand Cross | Hungary | 7 December 1947 | Budapest | Hungarian national order. | [2] | |
Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Hungary, 1st Class (Civil) | 7 December 1947 | Budapest | Highest Hungarian order of merit. | [2] | ||
Order of the Flag of People's Republic of Hungary 1st Class | 14 September 1964 | Budapest | Hungarian national order. | [2] | ||
War Order Virtuti Militari, I Class | Poland | 15 March 1946 | Warsaw | Poland's highest war decoration for courage in the face of the enemy. | [2][11] | |
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (awarded two times) | 25 June 1964 4 May 1973 |
Warsaw Brdo Castle |
Then Poland's highest civilian order for foreigners and Poles. | [2] | ||
Cross of Grunwald 1st Class a | 19 October 1945 | Belgrade | Then Polish highest military decoration. | [2] | ||
Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 | 16 March 1946 | Warsaw | Polish military medal. 670,000 of the medals were awarded between 1958 and 1992. | [2] | ||
Partisan Cross | 16 March 1946 | Warsaw | Polish Partisan Cross. 55,000 of the medals were awarded. | [2] | ||
Order of Michael the Brave (3rd, 2nd, and 1st Class received) | Romania | 19 December 1947 | Bucharest | Romania's highest military decoration, instituted by King Ferdinand I. | [2] | |
Order of the Star of Romania 1st Class | 18 April 1966 | Bucharest | Romania's highest civil order. | [2] | ||
Order of the Victory of Socialism a | 16 May 1972 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | Highest Romanian decoration, awarded with the title of "People's Hero of Romania". | [2] | ||
Order of Lenin a | Soviet Union | 5 June 1972 | Moscow | Highest National Order of the Soviet Union. | [2] | |
Order of the October Revolution a | 16 August 1977 | Moscow | Second highest National Order of the Soviet Union. | [2] | ||
Order of Victory a | 9 September 1945 | Belgrade | Highest military decoration of the Soviet Union, one of only 5 foreigners to receive it. | [12] | ||
Order of Suvorov 1st Class | September 1944 | Moscow | Soviet military decoration, awarded to military personnel for exceptional leadership in combat. | [2] | ||
Twenty Years Of Victory In The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 Medal a | 30 June 1965 | Moscow | Great Patriotic War jubilee commemorative medal of the Soviet Union. | [2] | ||
Note: aNow defunct. |
Yugoslavia
[edit]Americas
[edit]Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Note | Ref | |
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Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes | Bolivia | 29 September 1963 | Cochabamba | Bolivian state order. | [2] | |
Grand Cross of the National Order of the Southern Cross | Brazil | 19 September 1963 | Brasília | Brazil's highest order of merit. | [2] | |
Collar of the Order of Merit of Chile | Chile | 24 September 1963 | Santiago | Chilean order of merit. | [2] | |
Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle | Mexico | 30 March 1963 | Belgrade | Highest decoration awarded to foreigners by Mexico. | [2] | |
Medal of Independence | 15 October 1963 | Mexico City | Mexican medal. | [2] | ||
Gold Collar of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero | Panama | 15 March 1976 | Panama City | The highest honour of Panama. | [2] | |
Collar of the Order of the Liberator | Venezuela | 17 March 1976 | Caracas | Highest Venezuelan state order. | [2] |
Asia
[edit]Africa
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Badurina, Berislav; Saračević, Sead; Grobenski, Valent; Eterović, Ivo; Tudor, Mladen (1980). Bilo je časno živjeti s Titom. Vjesnik. p. 102.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc Bilo je časno živjeti s Titom. RO Mladost, RO Prosvjeta, Zagreb, February 1981. (pg. 102)
- ^ Recipients of Order of the Elephant Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Recipients of Médaille militaire Archived 26 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Herojima revolucije u ratu i miru. Sarajevo: Zadrugar. January 1979. p. 92.
- ^ "Tito i Eanes razmijenili najviša odlikovanja dviju zemalja". Slobodna Dalmacija (10123): 12. 18 October 1977.
- ^ "GOMESU URUČENA ZLATNA SPOMEN-PLAKETA BEOGRADA". Slobodna Dalmacija (9509): 1. 25 October 1975.
- ^ "Маршал Тито и остали чланови делегације одликовани високим бугарским одликовањима". Borba. XII (282): 2. 26 November 1947.
- ^ "Jugoslavenska vladina delegacija na čelu sa maršalom Titom odlikovana je visokim bugarskim odlikovanjima". Slobodna Dalmacija (884): 1. 28 November 1947.
- ^ "Svečana predaja najvišeg poljskog vojničkog odlikovanja "Virtuti Militari" prvoga reda maršalu Josipu Brozu Titu". Slobodna Dalmacija (345): 1. 19 March 1946.
- ^ "List of order of Victory recipients". Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d Orders and Decorations of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1945-90 by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003
- ^ a b Standard magazin: Srbija ponovo dijeli odlikovanja Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, br.133, 05.12.2008. (in Serbo-Croatian)
- ^ "Friends of Freedom Honoured". The Daily Star. 28 March 2012.
- ^ "PREDSJEDNIK TITO ODLIKOVAN najvećim burmanskim odlikovanjem". Slobodna Dalmacija (3080): 1. 8 January 1955.
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- ^ "ПРЕТСЕДНИКУ ТИТУ ПРЕДАТО НАЈВИШЕ ИНДОНЕЖАНСКО ОДЛИКОВАЊЕ "МЕДАЉА ГЕРИЛА"". Borba. XXIII (323): 1. 29 December 1958.
- ^ "Najviše iračko odlikovanje Titu". Slobodna Dalmacija (10524): 1. 8 February 1979.
- ^ "Svečana večera u Titovu čast". Slobodna Dalmacija (10528): 12. 12 February 1979.
- ^ "Predsjednik Tito odlikovan najvišim egipatskim odlikovanjem". Slobodna Dalmacija (3380): 1. 29 December 1955.
- ^ "Председник Табмен одликовао председника Тита највишим одликовањем Републике Либерије". Borba. XXVI (62): 2. 15 March 1961.
- ^ "Tubman odlikovao predsjednika Tita liberijskim ordenom pionira s lentom". Slobodna Dalmacija (5000): 2. 15 March 1961.
- ^ "Predsjednik Republika s pratnjom posjetio marokanski grad Meknes". Slobodna Dalmacija (5016): 1. 3 April 1961.