List of the Orders, decorations and medals of
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
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For the awards instituted after 1961 and it is amendement in 1976 and 1993, which stipulates it is not permissible to repeat awarding of decorations and medals, or to rise from one class to a higher one, except after the lapse of at least three years from the date of awarding them. This period is reduced to one year for employees if they are referred to retirement, and the Sports Medal is excluded from the period condition. Orders and medals remain the property of the awardee, and their heirs as a souvenir without any of them having the right to carry it. Without prejudice to any other punishment stipulated in the laws of Sudan, it is permissible, by order of the President of the Republic, to strip the bearer of a necklace, sash, medal, medallion, cloak of honour, or belt if they commit an act that is dishonourable or inconsistent with loyalty to the state.
No Sudanese may carry any foreign decoration or medal except after obtaining written permission from the President of the Republic. Any Sudanese who holds foreign decorations or medals that were awarded to him before the first of January 1956 may continue to carry them without the need to obtain the said permission. It is not permissible to carry foreign decorations and medals that have been revoked by the awarding country.
Discontinued awards
Anglo-Egyptian invasion of Sudan
The Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan in 1896–1899 was a reconquest of territory lost by the Khedives of Egypt in 1884 and 1885 during the Mahdist War. The British had failed to organise an orderly withdrawal of Egyptian forces from Sudan, and t ...
awards
1933 Defence Force awards
1948 Police and Prison Service awards
1956 Sudan independence-related awards
1969 coup d’état related medals
References
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Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...