Order of Honor (Belarus)

Order of Honor
Ордэн Пашаны

Medal of the Order of Honor
Awarded by the President of Belarus
Country  Belarus
Type State decoration
Awarded for Services to the nation
Statistics
Established 13 April 1995
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Order for Personal Gallantry[1]
Next (lower) Order of Francysk Skaryna[1]

Ribbon of the order

The Order of Honor (Belarusian: Ордэн Пашаны) is an award of Belarus. It is a single level award that was instituted on 13 April 1995. It is awarded for services to Belarus.[2]

Criteria

The Order of Honor is presented in recognition of:[1]

Appearance

The medal of the Order of Honor is eight sided, made of gold-plated silver, and is 50 mm (2.0 in) high and 46 mm (1.8 in) wide. The obverse depicts a four-pointed silver star with an image of a man and a woman superimposed in the center. The man and the woman hold a sheaf of wheat and the Flag of Belarus, in green, white and red enamel. Below the star is a wreath of oak and laurel branches joined by a blue enameled ribbon. The reverse is plain bearing only the award's serial number in the center. The order is attached by a ring suspension to a pentagonal ribbon drape. The ribbon is yellow with red stripes at the edges and a thin green stripe in the center.[1]

Notable recipients

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Orders of the Republic of Belarus". http://president.gov.by/en/. President of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 30 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Republic of Belarus: Order of Merit". Medals of the World. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. "Alexander Lukashenko Meets with Pierre Cardin". Press service of the President. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. "Alexander Lukashenko Awards President of International Charity SOS Kinderdorf International With Order of Frantsysk Skaryna". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. "President of Belarus Meets with Heads of Foreign Scientific Organizations". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. "On Exhibition of Alexander Shilov in Minsk". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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