title: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Dominican Republic
text: # Orders, decorations, and medals of the Dominican Republic
  
  The Dominican honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement or service to the Dominican Republic. The system consists of two types of awards: decorations and medals.
  
  ## Brief history
  
  These were introduced within the Rafael Trujillo regime. Some of them were named after him; those were rescinded after his death on 30 May 1961.
  
  ## Currents orders and medals
  
  These are the orders and medals actually awarded by the government of the Dominican Republic:
  
  ### Orders
  
  * The Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella (as Order of Merit of Duarte in 1931, name expanded 1954)
  * The Order of Christopher Columbus (1937)
  * The Order of Military Merit (1930)
  * The Order of Air Merit (1952)
  * The Order of Naval Merit (1954)
  * The Captain General Santana Military Order of Heroism (1954)
  
  ### Medals
  
  * The Medal for Valor (1939)
  * The Medal of Merit of the Dominican Woman (1985)
  
  ## Old orders and Medals
  
  The following orders and medals were awarded by the government of the Dominican Republic until the death of Rafael Trujillo:
  
  * The 23rd of February 1930 Commemorative Medal (1937)
  * The Order of Trujillo (1938)
  * The Order of the Generalissimo (1938)
  * The President Trujillo Grand Cordon (1952)
  * The Order of the National Benefactor (1955)
  * The 14th of June Order of Merit (1961)
  