1 Chapter 33 FOREIGN HONOURS to CANADIANS 1982 to 2020 Foreign
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Chapter 33 FOREIGN HONOURS to CANADIANS 1982 to 2020 (Updated to the Canada Gazette of 08 August 2020) Foreign honours are considered official honours if the country initiating the award receives permission from the government of Canada to make the award. Since July 1982, official foreign awards can be found in the Canada Gazette, Part 1, usually in the last gazette of each month. The following are the major foreign awards presented to Canadians in the Canada Gazette since July 1982. Argentina The Order of May 1 Australia The Order of Australia Companion (AC) (Sir Nigel Bowen & Sir Peter Gadsden) Australian Gazette 2 Officer (OA) (Dr. Karim Khan, Professor UBC – CG: 08 August 2020) 1 Member (AM) (Honorary) 2 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) (Honorary) 2 Australian Service Medal with “Timor Leste” Clasp 1 with “International Coalition Against Terrorism” Clasp 5 with “Greater Middle East Operation” 1 with “Border Protection” 2 National Emergency Medal 1 Australian Sports Medal 1 Centennial Medal 6 Commendation for Brave Conduct Award 1 Emblem of the Meritorious Unit Citation 1 1 1 Argentina - Order of May Grand Cross Order of Australia 1 Austria 2 The Decoration of Honour for Services to Austria Grand Decoration in Gold with Star (4th Class) 1 Grand Decoration in Silver with Star (5th Class) 1 Grand Decoration in Gold (6th Class) 1 Grand Decoration in Silver (7th Class) 2 Grand Decoration (8th Class) 12 Decoration of Honour in Gold (9th Class) 7 Decoration of Honour in Silver (10th Class) 3 Decoration of Merit in Gold (11th Class) 32 Decoration of Merit in Silver (12th Class) 8 Gold Medal for Services (13th Class) 1 Silver Medal for Services (14th Class) 2 The Austrian Order of Merit Knight Commander’s Cross 1 Officer’s Cross 3 Knight’s Cross 1st Class 7 Knight’s Cross 2nd Class 3 The Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Arts 1st Class 8 2nd Class 4 2 The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria is divided into the following 14 classes: Grand Star 1st Class Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash 2nd Class Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash 3rd Class Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star 4th Class Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star 5th Class Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold 6th Class Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver 7th Class Grand Decoration of Honour 8th Class Decoration of Honour in Gold 9th Class Decoration of Honour in Silver 10th Class Decoration of Merit in Gold 11th Class Decoration of Merit in Silver 12th Class Gold Medal 13th Class Silver Medal 14th Class 2 Afghanistan Baryaal Darajaah UAK Successful 1 st Grade MGen Michael Day, CMM MSC CD 7 Successful 2 nd Grade BGen Gregory Young, OMM MSC CD 1 Ghazi Mir Bachah Khan Medal BGen Gary O’Brien, OMM MSC CD 3 Miraany (Bravery) Medal BGen John Milne, MSM CD 1 3 3 Baryaal Darajaah UAK Medal Major-General Paul Wynnyk, OMM, MSM, CD, Deputy Chief of the Canadian Army (middle ribbon bottom row of his ribbon bar) Major-General Donald Michael Day, OMM, CD receives his medal from the Afghanistan Ambassador to Canada Brigadier-General J. David Gerald Henley, OMM, CD (also middle ribbon bottom row with the American Bronze Star as his last medal) Brigadier-General John Milne’s medal the Miraany (Bravery) Medal Major-General Howard left wearing Ghazi Mir Bachah Khan Medal (last medal after his USA MSM) 3 Bahrain The Order of Bahrain 1st Class (Commodore Kenneth Summers, OMM, MSC, CD) 1 2nd Class (Lieutenant-Colonel John Noel Stuart) 4 Canada Gazette NAME RANK DECORATIONS / First Class 28/05/94 SUMMERS, Kenneth Commodore OMM MSC CD Second Class 28/05/94 BANKS, David H. Commander CD 28/05/94 BARTRAM, David W. Colonel CD 28/05/94 BENDER, James J. LCol CD 28/05/94 STUART, John Noel LCol OMM CD 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbardos Order of Barbados Silver Crown of Merit (Dr. John Edward Hutson) 1 4 Lieutenant-Colonel John Noel Stuart, OMM, CD (Note MID for Gulf War) Commodore (later RAdm) Ken Summers, OMM, MSC, CD medals 4 Belgium 5 The Order of Leopold Officer 2 Knight 2 The Order of Leopold II Commander 9 Officer 8 Knight’s Cross with Palm 1 Knight (MGen Richard Rohmer) 14 The Order of the Crown Grand Cross (General Henault, Louise Arbour) 4 Grand Officer (General Dextraze) 1 Commander (BGen Denis Whitaker) 8 Officer 8 Knight 8 Golden Palms 2 Gold Medal 2 Decoration for Work 1st Class 1 2nd Class 2 The 1940 War Cross with Bronze Lion 4 Civic Medal – First Class 1 Special Decoration of Professional Unions – 1st Class 1 Labour Decoration – Second Class 1 5 The Order of Leopold The Order of Leopold II 5 Burkina Faso (Landlocked country in West Africa) The Order of Merit – Officer 1 The Order of Merit – Knight 9 Belarus Francisak Dkaryna Order 1 Benin The National Order of the Republic of Benin – Officer 1 Brazil The Order of Rio Branco Commander 2 Knight 4 Medal 1 The National Order of the Southern Cross Grand Official 4 Official 1 Knight 1 The Order of Military Merit Grand Officer (LGens Devlin, Hainse & Wynnyk) 3 Knight (CWO Alain Guimond) 1 The Order of Aeronautical Merit Grand Officer (LGen Michael Hood, CMM, CD, RCAF) 1 Santos-Dumont Merit Medal (Major Eric Michael Willrich) 1 Brunei Darusalem Meritorious Service Medal 1 Bulgaria The Order of Madarski Horseman 1 Cameroon National Order of Merit – Knight (not gazetted – to CF) 4 Chile The Order of Merit Bernardo O’Higgins – Grand Cross 1 The Order of Merit Bernardo O’Higgins 1 6 Colombia The National Order of Merit (Louise Arbour) 1 Air Force Cross for Aeronautical Merit Grand Cross (LGen Blondin) 1 Order of Military Merit José Maria Córdova Grand Cross (LGen Devlin/Wynnyk, BGen Stephen Lacroix) 3 “Faith in the Cause” Military Medal of the National Army 6 Croatia The Order of the Croatian Star with the \ Effigy of Katarina Zrinska Mr. George Weber 1 The Order of Croatian Trefoil Ms. Cassandra Vartell 1 Czechoslovakia The Order of Friendship - Commander 1 Denmark The Order of the Dannebrog Commander 3 Knight’s Order of the 1st Degree (Officer) 6 Knight’s Cross 1st Class (Member) 18 Home Guard Meritorious Service Medal (not gazetted – to CF) 1 Defence Medal for Exceptionally Meritorious Service 1 7 Estonia Order of Terra Mariana – 3rd Class (Honourable Robert Rae) 1 Egypt The Egyptian Order of Merit – First Class 1 8 Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Fed Republic Germany Grand Cross 1st 2 Grand Cross 2nd 1 Knight Commander’s Cross 2 Commander’s Cross 16 Officer Cross 25 Knight’s Cross 38 The Medal 1 The Star of People’s Friendship In Gold 1 Not in Gold 1 The Silver Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr 2 Finland The Order of the White Rose of Finland Knight 1st Class 17 Knight (Medal Obverse & Reverse below) 11 Cross of Merit 7 First Class Medal with Gold Cross 1 The Order of the Lion of Finland Commander 6 Knight 1st Class 7 Knight 8 Cross of Merit 8 Medal with Golden Cross 1 9 France Legion of Honour Grand Cross 3 Grand Officer (Louise Beaudoin) 3 Commander (General Jonathan Vance, Brian Mulroney) 21 Officer (Commissioner Zaccardelli, LGen Hainse) 51 Knight (Celine Dion) 355 The National Order of Merit Grand Officer (Hon. Herménégilde Chiasson, OC, KStJ, ONB) 3 Commander (Rt Hon. Brian Dickson, CC, CD) 8 Officer (LGen Guy Robert Thibault, CMM, MSC, CD) 45 Knight (Céline Dion, CC, OQ) 130 The Order of Academic Palms Commander 14 Officer 70 Knight 252 The Order of Agricultural Merit Officer 10 Knight 46 The Order of Arts and Letters Commander (Dany Laferri ėre – Elevated) 12 Officer (Neil Young) 52 Knight (Diana Krall / LCol Carl Gauther, OMM, CD) 192 Military Medal 1 Medal of Honour of Labour (Grand Gold Echelon) 1 The Order of Merit Maritime Officer (Mr. Jean d’Amour - 2017) 1 Knight (Mr. John Butler - 2008) 1 Foreign Affairs Medal of Honour – Bronze 2 Cross of Military Valour – Bronze Star 2 National Defence Medal Gold (Col Pierre Huet) 16 Gold with clasp Gendarmerie Nationale 8 Silver 25 Bronze (including 1 with 2 bars) 45 Bronze with clasp Gendarmerie Nationale 6 French Commemorative Medal with clasp Albania’ 1 with clasp Former Yugoslavia’ 5 Overseas Medal with Clasp ‘Lebanon’ 1 Overseas Medal with Clasp ‘Mali’ (LCol Doris Gobeil) 1 Cross of Military Valour – Bronze Star 2 French Police Medal of Honour 1 Silver Medal for Tourism 1 Medal of Honour of Labour (Grand Gold Echelon) 1 Foreign Affairs Medal of Honour (Bronze Echelon) 5 National Medals of Recognition for victims of Terrorism 3 10 Greece The Order of the Phoenix Grand Commander 1 Grand Cross 1 Commander 1 Officer 9 The Order of the Honour 4 The Commemorative Medal of Merit and Honour (de Chastelain) 1 Haiti National Order of Honour and Merit Grand Cross – Silver Plaque (Hon Mauril Bélanger, MP) 1 Knight (5 th Class) 1 CANFORGEN of 13 May 2014 Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Richard Stepaniuk has been invested as a Knight of the National Order of Honour and Merit (5th Class). This honour is conferred by the President of the Republic of Haiti. Lieutenant-Colonel Stepaniuk is currently the G3 at 4 Canadian Division JTFC HQ at Toronto. Formerly a Regimental Officer serving with the 3rd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment, he is presently a member of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI). Lieutenant-Colonel Stepaniuk was commanding Officer of the RHLI from 16 May 2010 to 26 May 2013.