Order "For Service to the Motherland" (Belarus)

The order "For Service to the Motherland" has three degrees:

• Order "For Service to the Homeland" I degree;
• Order "For Service to the Motherland", II degree;
• Order "For Service to the Homeland" III degree.

The highest degree of the Order "For Service to the Homeland" is I degree.

Awarding is made sequentially by the Order "For Service to the Homeland" of the III, II and I degrees.

The Order "For Service to the Homeland" is awarded to military personnel, persons in command and rank and file of internal affairs bodies, financial investigation bodies of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus, emergency situations bodies and units:

• for exemplary performance of military duty, achievement of high combat training of subordinate units and military units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus , other troops and military units of the Republic of Belarus, created in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus;
• for maintaining high combat readiness of troops, ensuring the defense capability of the Republic of Belarus;
• for courage and selflessness shown in the performance of military duty;
• for special merits in strengthening state security, protecting the state border and the fight against crime;
• for other services to the Motherland.

Persons previously awarded the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" are presented for the awarding of the Order for Service to the Homeland of the next degree.

The Order for Service to the Motherland is worn on the right side of the chest. In the presence of other orders, the ribbon on the order plate is arranged in order of degree precedence after the Order of Military Glory.

The Order "For Service to the Homeland" of the I degree is a convex eight-pointed star. The ends of the star, made in the form of gilded rays, diverging from the center, alternate with smooth ends covered with blue enamel and a gilded rim bounded along the contour. At the smooth ends of the star, the gilded upper and lower parts of two crossed missiles are depicted.

In the central part of the order, on a wreath of oak leaves, there is a gilded five-pointed star framed by a girdle, in the lower part of which there is a gilded laurel branch, in the upper part covered with white enamel - the inscription "For the service of Radzime." The rims of the gilding are gilded. An asterisk and a belt are superimposed on silver oxidized wings and a sword.

The Order for Service to the Motherland, II degree, has the ends of a star made in the form of rays, silver, upper and lower parts of crossed missiles, the rims of the smooth ends of the star and a star in the center gilded.

The Order "For Service to the Homeland" of the III degree is made of silver without gilding.

The Order for Service to the Motherland, I, II, III degree, is made of silver. The size of the order between the opposite smooth ends is 65 mm, between the radiant - 58 mm. The reverse side of the order has a smooth surface, in the center is the number of the order. On the back of the order there is a threaded pin with a nut for attaching the order to the clothes.

The ribbon for the order is moire blue with yellow longitudinal stripes in the middle: for I degree - one strip, for II degree - two, for III degree - three stripes.

• LAW of the Republic of Belarus dated 05/18/2004 N 288-З (as amended on 05/04/2005) "On state awards of the Republic of Belarus" (inaccessible link)
• “Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus On Approving the Description of Orders, Medals and Badges for Honors of the Republic of Belarus”
• Site about the awards of Belarus
• State awards and prizes of the Republic of Belarus
• A. Nikitin. State awards of the Republic of Belarus // Petersburg collector : newspaper. - SPb. , 2005. - Issue. 31 . - No. 1 . - S. 28 .