List of civil awards and decorations

This list of civil awards and decorations is a partial index to articles about notable civil awards and decorations. It excludes Law enforcement awards and honors and ecclesiastical decorations, which are covered by separate lists. See Category:Civil awards and decorations by country for a more complete list by country.

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Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal

General

Country	Award	Venue / sponsor	Notes
Europe	AE-COPSD European Police Cross of Honor (Croix d’Honneur du Policier Européen)	European Association of Bodies and Public Organizations of Security and Defense	Valor or Meritorious Service[1]
United States	Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science	Columbia University	Meritorious service to science[2]
Albania	National Flag Order	President of Albania	Extraordinary contributions for the sublimation of the Albanian nation and Albania[3]
International	Order for the International Merit of Blood	International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations	Personalities who made a special contribution to promote the regular, anonymous, voluntary, non-remunerated gift of blood in the world[4]
Zambia	Order of the Eagle of Zambia	Zambia	Grand Commander, Grand Officer, Officer and Member[5]
Philippines	Outstanding Manilan Award	City of Manila	Business, communications, diplomacy, finance, public service and spiritual leadership[6]
North Korea	People's Prize	People's Prize Awarding Commission	Best achievements in creative fields[7]
Sweden	Right Livelihood Award	Right Livelihood Award Foundation	Practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today[8]
United States	Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership	American University School of Public Affairs	U.S. Federal government executive leadership[9][10]

Fire service awards and honors

Country	Award	Notes
United States	Arthur B. Guise Medal	Awarded by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers for eminent achievement in the advancement of the science and technology of fire protection engineering[11]
Australia	Australian Fire Service Medal	Distinguished service[12]
United Kingdom	Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal	Long service in the fire services of the colonies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom[13][14][15][16]
United Kingdom	Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal	Long service[17]
Canada	Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal	Long service[18]
Soviet Union	Medal "For Courage in a Fire"	Deeds of courage and of leadership while fighting fires[19][20]
New Zealand	New Zealand Fire Brigades Long Service and Good Conduct Medal	Long service[21]
United Kingdom	Queen's Fire Service Medal	Distinguished service or gallantry[22]

Honorary citizens

See also: Freedom of the City

Country	Award	Notes
United Kingdom	Freedom of the City of Aberdeen
Afghanistan	List of honorary citizens of Afghanistan
United States	List of honorary citizens of Baltimore
Australia	List of honorary citizens of Bathurst
United Kingdom	Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham
Canada	List of Keys to the City in Canada	List of cites by province
Chechnya	List of honorary citizens of Chechnya
United Kingdom	Freedom of the City of Belfast
Ireland	Freedom of the City of Dublin
Germany	List of honorary citizens of Hamburg
United Kingdom	List of Freemen of the City of Manchester
United Kingdom	List of Freemen of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom	List of Freemen of the City of Liverpool
United Kingdom	Freedom of the City of London
Russia	List of honorary citizens of Moscow
Germany	List of honorary citizens of Munich
Austria	List of honorary citizens of Salzburg
Bosnia and Herzegovina	List of honorary citizens of Sarajevo
North Macedonia	List of honorary citizens of Skopje
Bulgaria	List of honorary citizens of Sofia
Croatia	List of honorary citizens of Split
Israel	List of honorary citizens of Tel Aviv
United States	List of Keys to the City in the United States	List of cities by state
Malta	List of honorary citizens of Valletta
Austria	List of honorary citizens of Vienna
Lithuania	List of honorary citizens of Vilnius

Polar exploration

See also: Polar exploration

Country	Award	Venue / sponsor	Notes
United States	Arctic "A" Device	United States Armed Forces	Service within the Arctic Circle
Norway	Antarctic Medal	Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
United States	Antarctica Service Medal	United States Armed Forces	Service in Antarctica
Australia	Australian Antarctic Medal	Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
United States	Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal	United States Coast Guard	Service within the Arctic Circle
United States	Jeannette Medal	Jeannette expedition	1879–1881 attempt to reach the North Pole
Norway	Maudheim medal	Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition
United Kingdom	Polar Medal	Monarchy of the United Kingdom	Extreme human endeavour against the appalling weather and conditions that exist in the Arctic and Antarctic
United States	United States Antarctic Expedition Medal	United States Antarctic Service Expedition

See also

• Lists of awards
• Civil awards and decorations
• Cross of Merit (disambiguation)
• List of highest civilian awards by country