Homeland War Memorial Medal Explained

Homeland War Memorial Medal Croatian: Spomenica Domovinskog rata
Presenter:	the President of Croatia
Country:	Croatia
Type:	Service medal
Eligibility:	Croatian and foreign citizens
Awarded For:	Participation in the Homeland War
Status:	Active
Total Awarded:	430,884
Higher:	Order of the Croatian Interlace^[1]
Lower:	Homeland's Gratitude Medal

The Homeland War Memorial (Croatian: Spomenica Domovinskog rata) is a Croatian state medal awarded to both Croatian and foreign citizens who participated in the nation's Croatian War of Independence as a volunteer, part of the Croatian Army and Croatian Council of Defence or in some other role.^[2]

The medal was widely granted, given to over 430,000 people who participated in the war in some form.^[3] Much less number has been given in its first and original form Spomenica Domovinskog rata 1990.-1992. to those who participated in the resistance and early days of the formation of the Croatian state and army in the period 1990-1992, and as such was established on the 9th of June 1992.^{[4] [5]}

Notable recipients

• Imra Agotic
• Mate Boban
• Radimir Čačić
• Zvonimir Cervenko
• Frane Vinko Golem
• Josip Jovic
• Ante Kotromanovic
• Slobodan Lang
• Sveto Letica
• Josip Lucic
• Predrag Matić
• Rudolf Perešin
• Željko Reiner
• Daniel Srb
• Predrag Stipanović
• Petar Stipetić^[6] - (Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia)
• Franjo Tuđman^{[7] [8]} - (as the President of Croatia, presented to him by Nedjeljko Mihanović, the President of Sabor)

External links

• News: Odličja - Spomenica Domovinskog rata . https://web.archive.org/web/20060813062757/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/0872006/spomenica.asp . dead. 2006-08-13 . Decorations - Homeland War Memorial . Croatian . . 86 . May 2006 . 2012-11-19 .

Notes and References

1. Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske . . 1995/20 . Croatian Parliament . Croatian Parliament . Croatian . Law on Decorations . 1995-03-24 . 2020-09-28.
2. Web site: ZAKON o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske NN 20/95 . 2007-06-11 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070611131029/http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?gl=200309120000006 . 2007-06-11 .
3. Web site: Military Medals, Decorations, and Orders of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina - Croatian Forces International Volunteers Association - Udruga Medunarodnih Dragovoljaca Hrvatskih Oruzanih Snaga . 2007-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120722124859/http://www.cfiva.org/cfiva/medals/index.cfm . 2012-07-22 . dead .
4. Web site: Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske .
5. Web site: Osnovna .
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-08-07 . 2011-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813044343/http://www.ogulin.hr/povijest/poznati/pocasni-gradani/petar-stipetic . dead .
7. News: Odluka kojom se odlikuje Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske, dr. Franjo Tuđman. . 29 May 1995 . 2009-01-05 . Croatian .
8. Web site: HRT: Naslovnica. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031752/http://www.hrt.hr/arhiv/99/12/12/HRT0057.html. 2015-09-24.