The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Denmark

• The Order of the Elephant
• The Order of the Dannebrog
• The Medal of Merit
• The Medal for Heroic Deeds
• The Distinguished Flying Medal
• The Medal for Those Killed or Wounded in Service
• The Lifesaving Medal
• The 'Ingenio et Arte' Medal
• Medal for the Battle of Copenhagen 1801
• Commemorative War Medal of 1848-50
• Commemorative War Medal of 1864
• The Commemorative Medal of 9 April 1940
• King Christian the Tenth's Medal of Freedom
• King Christian the Tenth's Commemorative Medal for Service in the War 1940-45
• The Red Cross Commemorative Medal 1939-45
• The Defence Medal
• The Navy Long Service Medal
• The Army Long Service Medal
• The Air Force Long Service Medal
• The Medal for Long Service in the Department of Defence
• The Medal for Good Service in the Reserve Forces
• The Long Service Cross
• The Home Guard Good Service Medal
• The Home Guard 40 years' Service Decoration
• The Home Guard 25 years' Service Decoration
• The Commemorative Medal for the Gold Wedding of King Christian IX and Queen Louise (1892)
• The Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the Silver Wedding of HM The Queen and HRH The Prince Consort (1992)
• The Silver Jubilee Medal of Queen Margrethe of Denmark
• King Christian X's Medal of Recompense
• The Queen's Medal of Recompense

Unofficial Awards

• The Freedom Foundation's commemorative badge
• The Commemorative Cross of the Danish Brigade Association (Danforce)
• The Commemorative Medal of the Veterans of the Freedom Fight association

Links & Other References

The assistance of the Danish Department of Defence is gratefully acknowledged, in particular their generousity in allowing the use of their illustrations of medals.

Will Shade - Medals of Denmark

Several articles have appeared in publications of the Orders and Medals Research Society, including: -

P. Morrissey 'The Silver Jubilee Medal of Queen Margrethe of Denmark'. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Sociey 36:274-275. 1997.

L. Stevnsborg 'Two New Danish Medals'. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 31:304-306. 1992.

L. Stevnsborg 'British Recipients of the Danish Medal for Freedom and of Danish Orders; with an introduction on Danish awards for services in the World War'. Miscellany of Honours 12:67-88. 1998.

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