title: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Austrian states
text: # Orders, decorations, and medals of the Austrian states
  
  The orders, decorations, and medals of the Austrian states, in which each states of Austria has devised a system of orders and awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or state, are in turn subsumed within the Austrian honours system. Each state sets their own rules and criteria on eligibility and also how each medal is awarded and presented. Most of the orders allow for the recipient to wear their orders in public.
  
  ## State orders
  
  | State | Name | Established | Classes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Burgenland | Badge of honor of Burgenland | 1961 | 7 |
  | Carinthia | Order of Carinthia | | 2 |
  | Carinthia | Badge of honor of Carinthia | | 3 |
  | Lower Austria | Ring of honor of Lower Austria | 1952 | 1 |
  | Lower Austria | Badge of honor of Lower Austria | 1974 | 12 |
  | Salzburg | Ring of honor of Salzburg | | 1 |
  | Salzburg | Badge of honor of Salzburg | 2001 | 5 |
  | Styria | Ring of honor of Styria | | 1 |
  | Styria | Badge of honor of Styria | | 5 |
  | Tyrol | Ring of honor of Tyrol | | 1 |
  | Tyrol | Badge of honor of Tyrol | 1955 | 1 |
  | Tyrol | Badge of merit of Tyrol | 1964 | 1 |
  | Tyrol | Medal of merit of Tyrol | 1964 | 1 |
  | Tyrol | Tyrolean Eagle-Order | 1970 | 3 |
  | Upper Austria | Badge of honor of Upper Austria | 1982 | 7 |
  | Vienna | Badge of honor of the state of Vienna | | 7 |
  | Vorarlberg | Badge of honor of Vorarlberg | 1963 | 7 |
  | Vorarlberg | Badge of merit of Vorarlberg | 1978 | 2 |
  | Vorarlberg | Order of Montfort | 1985 | 3 |
  