Name |
Country |
Notes |
Bharat Ratna |
India |
Highest civilian decoration of India. |
Order of the British Empire |
United Kingdom |
Ranks of Knight Commander and Commander. |
Royal Victorian Order |
Ranks of Knight Commander and Commander. |
Order of Merit |
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Order of the Companions of Honour |
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Order of St. John |
Ranks of Commander or higher. |
Legion of Honour |
France |
Rank of Commander. |
Order of the Defender of the Realm |
Malaysia |
Rank of Companion, male recipient only (Female recipients version used the ribbon tied in a bow) |
Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia |
Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia |
Order of Merit |
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Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang |
Pahang,
Malaysia |
Rank of Companion |
Order of the Crown of Perlis |
Perlis,
Malaysia |
Rank of Compainion |
Order of Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail of Perlis |
Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak |
Sarawak,
Malaysia |
Rank of Companion and Officer, male recipient only (Female recipients version used the ribbon tied in a bow) |
Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak |
Order of Kinabalu |
Sabah,
Malaysia |
Rank of Companion or below |
July 1 Medal |
China |
Awarded by the Chinese Communist Party |
August 1 Medal |
Not to be confused with the order with the same name established in 1955 |
Military William Order |
Netherlands |
[2] |
Order of the Netherlands Lion |
[3] |
Order of Orange-Nassau |
[4] |
Pour le Mérite |
Prussia, German Empire |
[5] |
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross |
Prussia, German Empire & Nazi Germany |
Consists of the 1813 Grand Cross, 1870 Grand Cross, 1914 Grand Cross and 1938 Grand Cross |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Nazi Germany |
|
German Order |
Awarded by the Nazi Party |
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary |
Hungary |
Ranks of Commander's Cross with star and Commander's Cross. |
Royal Order of Sahametrei |
Cambodia |
Rank of Commander. |
Order of Canada |
Canada |
Ranks of Companion or Officer. |
Order of Ontario |
|
Medal of Honor |
United States |
Highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. [6] |
Legion of Merit |
If at the rank of Commander. The Legion of Merit is awarded in degrees only to foreign nationals and its neck order is thus not available to U.S. citizens.[7] |
Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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Texas Medal of Valor |
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Surgeon General's Medallion |
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George Washington Spymaster Award |
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Order of Australia |
Australia |
If rank of Officer or higher.[8] |
Order of the Holy Sepulchre |
Vatican City |
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Order of the Crown of Thailand |
Thailand |
Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of the White Elephant |
Order of the Direkgunabhorn |
Order of Ramkeerati |
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Order of Chula Chom Klao |
Second Class (Grand Commander and Knight Commander). |
Order of Rama |
Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of the Rising Sun |
Japan |
Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of the Sacred Treasure |
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise |
Ukraine |
Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of Merit |
First class. |
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
First class. |
Order of Liberty |
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