The Zimbabwean honours system was instituted in late 1980 to replace the

Rhodesian honours system The Rhodesian honours system was established at the time that Rhodesia unilaterally declared itself a republic in March 1970, when a system of military and civil decorations and awards was instituted by Presidential Warrant in November 1970.''Rhodes ...

. The first award that was instituted was the Independence Medal, which was awarded to those who were involved in the

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

an independence commemorations in some way. The Zimbabwean honours system includes a range of orders, gallantry decorations, gallantry medals, and service medals.

National orders

* The Zimbabwe Order of Merit ** (military) ** (civil) * The Order of the Great Zimbabwe * The Royal Order of Munhumutapa * The Order of the Star of Zimbabwe

Bravery awards

Gold Cross of Zimbabwe The Gold Cross of Zimbabwe (Shona: Ndarama Muchinjikwa ye Zimbabwe) is Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by ...

Silver Cross of Zimbabwe * Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe - ribbon bar

Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe The Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe is a gallantry decoration that was instituted in 1981 to replace the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia. It forms part of the Zimbabwean honours system. Recipients of the Bronze Cross of Zimbabwe are entitled to the use of the ...

* Medal for Meritorious Service * Commendation Medal

Commemorative awards

* Liberation Decoration * Liberation Medal * Zimbabwe Independence medal

Independence Medal * The Mozambique Campaign Medal * The Democratic Republic of Congo Campaign Medal

Service awards

Long and Exemplary Service Medal (Zimbabwe) Long may refer to: Measurement * Long, characteristic of something of great time, duration * Long, characteristic of something of great length * Longitude (abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate * Longa (music), note value in early music ...

Public Service Long Service Medal (Zimbabwe) In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

Efficiency Medal (Zimbabwe) The Efficiency Medal was instituted in 1930 for award to part-time warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men after twelve years of efficient service on the active list of the Militia or the Territorial Army of the United Kingdom, or ...

President's Medal for Shooting (Zimbabwe) The President's Medal for Shooting was instituted by the President of the Ciskei, Republic of Ciskei in 1988, for award to champion shots.

Service Medal (Zimbabwe) Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...

References

{{Decorations by country Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth of Nations