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 Some of them were named after him; those were rescinded after his death on 30 May 1961.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 (1931)
- The Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella (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[]
These orders and medals were awarded by the government of the Dominican Republic until the death of Rafael Trujillo:
- The 23 February 1930 Commemorative Medal (1937)
- The Order of Trujillo (1938)
- The Order of the Generalissimo (1938)
- The Grand Cordon President Trujillo (1952)
- The Order of the Benefactor of the Nation (1955)
- The 14th of June Order of Merit (1961)
External links[]
- Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores (Law) (In Spanish)
- Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores (Reglament) (In Spanish)
- Medals of the Dominican Republic
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The original article can be found at Orders, decorations, and medals of the Dominican Republic and the edit history here.
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