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Military Awards And Decorations Of Switzerland
Switzerland does not have a national honour system. Enshrined in the 1848 Swiss Constitution in Article 12 was a prohibition on the acceptance of honours and titles by Swiss citizens. In the current Swiss constitution there is no specific prohibition on titles and orders, however there is a statute that covers the prohibition previously covered by Article 12. The Swiss military maintains a system of awards which recognize length of service, training, sports, and mission participation. Award ribbons Length of Service Decorations }french: Insigne de prestation de service it, Distintivi del servizio , , This ribbon is worn with a series of rosettes to indicate total length of service. No rosette indicates 90 days of service. , - , , , Length of Service Decoration, , 170 days service , - , , , Length of Service Decoration, , 250 days service , - , , , Length of Service Decoration, , 350 days service , - , , , Length of Service Decoration, , 450 days service , - , , , Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1848 Swiss Constitution
The rise of Switzerland as a federal state began on 12 September 1848, with the creation of a federal constitution in response to a 27-day civil war, the ''Sonderbundskrieg''. The constitution, which was heavily influenced by the United States Constitution and the ideas of the French Revolution, was modified several times during the following decades and wholly replaced in 1999. The 1848 constitution represented the first time, other than when the short-lived Helvetic Republic had been imposed, that the Swiss had a central government instead of being simply a collection of autonomous cantons bound by treaties. Sonderbund War In 1847, the period of Swiss history known as Restoration ended with a war between the conservative Roman Catholic and the liberal Protestant cantons (the ''Sonderbundskrieg''). The conflict between the Catholic and Protestant cantons had existed since the Reformation; in the 19th century the Protestant population had a majority. The ''Sonderbund'' (G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
