Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star
Order of Duke Trpimir (top: Order Neck Badge; bottom: Morning Star (Danica) medal; left: Grand Order ribbon; right: smaller decorative version)
Awarded for
Exceptional contributions to the independence, integrity and international reputation of the Republic of Croatia, the construction of Croatia, and development of relationships between Croatia and other countries.
The Order of Duke Trpimir (Croatian: Red kneza Trpimira), or more fully the Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star (Red kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i Danicom), is an order of the Republic of Croatia. It ranks sixth in the Croatian order of precedence after the Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir. It is awarded to Croatian and foreign ministerial level officials and others for merit in contributing to the independence, integrity and international reputation of the Republic of Croatia, the construction of Croatia, and development of relationships between Croatia and other countries.[2]
Description
The badge of the order is a diamond-shaped red-enameled badge featuring an interwoven wattle pattern in silver, with a round white-enameled disk in the center, bordered in silver. On the disk is an equestrian representation of Duke Trpimir, a medieval Prince of Dalmatia and Duke of Croats. On the lower part of the silver border is the name "TRPIMIR".
The star of the order features the center medallion as above, but with a gilt rather than silver border, on a star with eight longer and eight shorter silver rays, with gold rays between.
^"Odluka o dodjeli Velereda kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom" (in Croatian). Narodne Novine. 8 November 1994. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024. ...za promicanje ugleda Republike Hrvatske u Republici Argentini, a posebice za djelovanje na povezivanju političkih, kulturnih i civilizacijskih vrednota hrvatskog naroda u razdoblju nakon Drugog svjetskog rata.
^Search of citations for the order on the site of the Office of the President of Croatia.