List of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's awards

Portrait taken in 1918 with his awards

This is a comprehensive list of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's awards, (1881 - 10 November 1938), who was an army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President.

Orders, decorations and medals

Name	Decorator	Reason	Metal	Date
Medjidie Order, 5th class	Abdul Hamid II	Distinguished service as a staff captain in Damaskus	Silver	December 25, 1906
Osmanieh Order, 4th class	Mehmed V	Achievements during the Battle of Benghazi he participated volunteerly	Silver	November 6, 1912
Légion d'honneur	France	Achievements as Yarbay (Lieutenant Colonel) at the Operations Command of the Mediterranean Regular Forces		March 11, 1914
Osminieh Order, 3rd class	Mehmed V	Achievements during the building of the 19th Division in Tekirdağ he commanded volunteerly	Silver	February 1, 1915
Order of Saint Alexander (3rd Class/Commander)	King Ferdinand of Bulgaria	Achievements during the Battle of Gallipoli		March 23, 1915
Imtiyaz Medal in Silver	Mehmed V	Achievements during command of the 19th Division of 5th Army	Silver	April 30, 1915
Liakat Medal (Medal of Merit)	Mehmed V	Achievements during the Battle of Gallipoli	Silver	September 1, 1915
Iron Cross	William II	Achievements during the Battle of Gallipoli	Iron	December 28, 1915
Liakat Medal (Medal of Merit)	Mehmed V	Achievements during the Battle of Sari Bair	Gold	January 17, 1916
Osminieh Order, 2nd class	Mehmed V	Achievements during the Caucasus Campaign	Silver	February 1, 1916
Military Merit Medal	Austria-Hungary	Achievements during the World War I		July 27, 1916
Military Merit Cross, 3rd class	Austria-Hungary	Achievements during the World War I		July 27, 1916
Medjidie Order, 2nd class	Mehmed V	Achievements during command of the XVIth Corps of the 2nd Army at the Caucasus Campaign	Gold Center	December 12, 1916
Iron Cross 1st Class	German Empire	Achievements during the World War I	Iron	September 9, 1917
Iron Cross 2nd Class	German Empire	Achievements during the World War I	Iron	September 9, 1917
Military Merit Medal, 2nd class	Austria-Hungary	Achievements during the World War I		September 9, 1917
Imtiyaz Medal in Gold	Mehmed V	Achievements during the Caucasus Campaign	Gold	September 23, 1917
Medjidie Order, 1st class	Mehmed V	Achievements during the World War I	Gold center	December 16, 1917
Order of the Crown of Prussia, 1st class	William II, German Emperor King of Prussia	Achievements during the World War I		February 19, 1918
War Medal	Mehmed VI	World War I veteran	Silver	May 11, 1918
Aliyülala Order	Amanullah Shah, King of Afghanistan		Gold center	March 27, 1923
Turkish Medal of Independence	Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM)	Accomplishments during the War of Independence	Bronze	November 21, 1923
Murassa Order	Turkish Aeronautical Association	Establishment of TAA	Platinum	May 20, 1925
Sadakat Silver Hizmet Salibi			Silver	November 12, 1931

Ribbons, Lapel pins

Name	Date
Remembrance of Monument of Victory	1927
4th Congress of the Allied Agencies	1929
Remembrance on the occasion of the visit of Shah of Iran to Turkey	1934
First Army	Aug 20, 1937
Second Army	Oct 13, 1937
City of Ankara Lapel pin	Dec 27, 1937
TBMM Lapel pin

Resources

1. Turkish Armed Forces Anıtkabir pages