Civil Defence Cross of Honour explained

Norwegian Civil Defence Cross of Honour Sivilforsvarets hederskors
Presenter:	Norway
Type:	Medal
Awarded For:	Assisting the Norwegian civil defence in a particularly meritorious manner
Status:	Currently awarded
Established:	6 November 2003
Higher:	Nansen medal for Outstanding Research^[1]
Same:	Norwegian Police Cross of Honour Norwegian Defence Cross of Honour
Lower:	Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch

The Civil Defence Cross of Honour (; Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian: Sivilforsvarets heiderskross) is a medal which is awarded by the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning of Norway to Norwegian civil defence personnel for helping to prevent loss of life or damage to equipment and property by act of ingenuity in perilous conditions. The medal was established 6 November 2003.^[2]

Appearance of the Award

• The Civil Defence Cross of Honour is a silver cross.
• The obverse has blue-enamelled arms and a central medallion bearing a crowned lion holding a shield (the Civil Defence emblem).
• The reverse is plain silver, with Honor et caritas (Honour and Charity) inscribed in the centre.
• The ribbon is white/silver-grey with a double blue edge stripe.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norwegian Decorations . kongehuset.no . 1 December 2014.
2. Book: Heder og ære Nasjonale og internasjonale dekorasjoner brukt i Norge. May 2012. Forsvarets veterantjeneste. Oslo. 0809-845X. 16. 1 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140706022910/http://forsvaret.no/veteraner/informasjon/Documents/Medaljebilag%20-%20forum.pdf. 6 July 2014. dead.