Homeland War Memorial Medal

Homeland War Memorial Medal

The Homeland War Memorial ( _hr. Spomenica domovinskog rata) is a Croatian state medal awarded to both Croatians and foreigners who participated in the nation's Homeland War as a volunteer, part of the Croatian Army or in some other role [http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?gl=200309120000006] .

The medal was widely granted, given to over 430,000 people who participated in the war in some form [http://www.cfiva.org/cfiva/medals/index.cfm] .

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* [http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/0872006/spomenica.asp Homeland War Memorial] hr icon


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