# Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium

Belgium has established numerous orders of knighthood, decorations and medals since its creation in 1830. Below is a list of those awards. The order of precedence is difficult to establish as Belgium does not keep an up-to-date listing with dormant and active awards. However, André Borné has established such a list that is used as a basis.

## National orders

Orders displayed on a white background are active; those on a grey background are dormant or no longer awarded.
| Order of Leopold | Order of the African Star | Royal Order of the Lion | Order of the Crown | Order of Leopold II |

## Current awards and decorations
### Military awards

| Military decoration for exceptional service or acts of bravery or extraordinary devotion | Military Cross | Military Decoration for faithful service | Cross of honour for service abroad | Commemorative medal for armed humanitarian operations | Commemorative medal for foreign missions or operations | Commemorative medal for missions or operations regarding the operational defense of the territory | Meritorious service medal |

### Civilian awards

| Civil Decoration for acts of bravery, selfsacrifice and philanthropy | Carnegie hero fund medal | Civil Decoration for long service | Labour decoration | Laureate of labour |

### Military marching medals

| Commemorative medal for the European remembrance and friendship march | Commemorative medal 'Yser march' |

## Historical awards and decorations

These medals and decorations are currently no longer awarded.

### Belgian Revolution (1830–31)

| Merit medal of the civil guard | 1830 Star of honour | Iron cross and iron medal | 1830 volunteers commemorative cross |

### World War I (1914–1918)

Medals are shown in order of precedence.
| War cross '14-'18 | Yser medal | Fire cross | Maritime decoration of the War | Civil decoration of the War | King Albert medal | Queen Elisabeth medal | Volunteer combatant medal |
| Victory medal '14-'18 | Commemorative medal of the War '14-'18 | Commemorative medal of the African campaigns '14-'17 | Medal of the political prisoner '14-'18 | Deportees cross '14-'18 | Colonial commemorative medal | Medal of the national committee for aid and nourishment | Medal for the national restoration | Liège Medal |

### World War II (1940–1945) and the Korean War (1954)

Medals are shown in order of precedence.
| War cross '40-'45 | Armed resistance medal | Political prisoner's cross '40-'45 | Civil decoration '40-'45 | Escaper's cross | Medal of Belgian gratitude '40–'45 | Medal of the war volunteer '40-'45 | Commemorative medal of the war '40-'45 | Foreign operational theatres commemorative medal |
| Prisoner of war medal '40-'45 | Maritime medal | Commemorative medal of the Ethiopian campaign '40-'41 | African war medal '40-'45 | Civilian resistance medal | Civilian disobedience medal | Colonial war effort medal '40–'45 | Military combatant medal '40-'45 | Medal for resistance against nazism in the annexed territories | World War II Recruiting centres medal |

### Other medals and awards

Awards and medals listed below are either obsolete or have never been awarded.
| War cross | The service star | The meritorious service medal for native chiefs | The royal household medal | The native service medal | The Arab campaign medal |
| The medal for sports merit | The medal for family merit | The medal for agricultural and artisanal merit | The medal for services rendered |

### Commemorative medals

| Commemorative medal of the visit to Brazil | Commemorative medal 1870-1871 | Commemorative medal of the 100 anniversary of the national independence | Commemorative Decoration of the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the railroads | Commemorative medal of the reign of King Leopold I | Commemorative medal of the reign of King Leopold II | Commemorative medal of the reign of King Albert I | Commemorative decoration for the 50th anniversary of the Ostend-Dover Line | Commemorative medal of the VIIth olympics |
| Commemorative medal for the 75th anniversary of the telegraph service | Commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of the telegraph service | Commemorative medal for the 75th anniversary of the Belgian postal services | Commemorative medal for the 100th anniversary of the Belgian postal services | Commemorative medal for Congo | Commemorative cross of the House of King Albert | Commemorative decoration for the 50th anniversary of the Royal donation fund | Medal for the 50th anniversary of Belgian Congo |

## Belgian Red Cross

| Order of the Belgian red cross | Blood donor's medal | Cross of honour of the Belgian red cross '40-'45 | Red cross decoration '40-'45 | Commemorative medal 22 March Red Cross Flemish Brabant |