Order of Honor (Belarus) explained

Order of Honor
Ордэн Пашаны
Presenter:the President of Belarus
Type:State decoration
Awarded For:Services to the nation
Established:13 April 1995
Precedence Label:Order of Wear
Higher:Order for Personal Gallantry
Lower:Order of Francysk Skaryna

The Order of Honor (Belarusian: Ордэн Пашаны) is an award of Belarus. It is a single level award that was instituted on 13 April 1995. It is awarded for services to Belarus.[1]

Criteria

The Order of Honor is presented in recognition of:[2]

Appearance

The medal of the Order of Honor is eight sided, made of gold-plated silver, and is 50mm high and 46mm wide. The obverse depicts a four-pointed silver star with an image of a man and a woman superimposed in the center. The man and the woman hold a sheaf of wheat and the Flag of Belarus, in green, white and red enamel. Below the star is a wreath of oak and laurel branches joined by a blue enameled ribbon. The reverse is plain bearing only the award's serial number in the center. The order is attached by a ring suspension to a pentagonal ribbon drape. The ribbon is yellow with red stripes at the edges and a thin green stripe in the center.[2]

Notable recipients

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Republic of Belarus: Order of Merit . 6 May 2007 . Medals.org.uk . 30 September 2013.
  2. Web site: Orders of the Republic of Belarus. President.gov.by. 30 September 2014.
  3. Web site: Alexander Lukashenko Meets with Pierre Cardin. Press service of the President. 30 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Alexander Lukashenko Awards President of International Charity SOS Kinderdorf International With Order of Frantsysk Skaryna . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus . 30 September 2014.
  5. Web site: President of Belarus Meets with Heads of Foreign Scientific Organizations. Mfa.gov.by. 30 September 2014.
  6. Web site: On Exhibition of Alexander Shilov in Minsk. Mfa.gov.by. 30 September 2014.
  7. Web site: Victoria Azarenka Receives Order of Honor Medal from Belarusian President. Tennis World USA. 30 April 2017 . 10 January 2019.