The Order of Duke Trpimir ( hr, 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 The Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir ( hr, Velered kralja Dmitra Zvonimira s lentom i Danicom), or more fully the Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir with sash and Morning Star (''Velered kralja Dmitra Zvonimira s lentom i Danicom''), is an Ord ...

. 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.

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

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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.

Notable recipients

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* Ingo Friedrich (2006) – German Member of the European Parliament and then-Vice President of the European Parliament. * msgr.

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– first Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia3 9.1.1998 Odluka o odlikovanju Nj. E. Petera W. Galbraitha, veleposlanika Sjedinjenih Američkih Država Redom kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i Danicom
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, founder and president of the

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– representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1991 *

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– first Ambassador of the United States to Croatia *

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* msgr. Ćiril Kos *

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* Anton Tus46 07.07.1995 Odluka kojom se odlikuju Redom kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i Danicom
/ref> * Ivan Lacković-Croata *

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– ''revoked'' *

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* Luka Bebić * Ivan Čermak *

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* Philip M. Hannan *

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* Klaus Nöldner, president of CARE International

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* Jozo Martinović * Ivica Mudrinić *

* Ivo Parać * Josip Pavlišić * Marijan Petrović *

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* Adalbert Rebić * Smiljko Sokol * Kazimir Sviben * Milovan Šibl * Borislav Škegro *

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The order is also typically awarded to foreign ambassadors.Search of citations for the order on th
site
of the Office of the President of Croatia.

References

''Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske''
NN 20/95 ("Law on Decorations", in Croatian) * ''Hrvatska Odlikovanja'',

Narodne novine ''Narodne novine'' () is the official gazette (or newspaper of public record) of the Republic of Croatia which publishes laws, regulations, appointments and official decisions and releases them in the public domain. It is published by the epony ...

, Zagreb 1996.
Pravilnik Reda kneza Trpimira s ogrlicom i Danicom
NN 108/00

Notes

{{Croatian honours system Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia 1995 establishments in Croatia Awards established in 1995