title: Orders, decorations, and medals of Hungary
text: # 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 |
  