Homeland's Gratitude Medal () is the 19th most important medal in the Croatian honours system. The Homeland's Gratitude Medal has four classes, each for the length of service of 5, 10, 15, and 20 or more years.

Notable recipients

Imra Agotić Imra Agotić (12 January 1943 – 18 March 2012) was a Croatian general who distinguished himself in the Croatian War of Independence. Agotić was born in Gorjani and was educated in the Yugoslav People's Army. In July 1991, as the war star ...

Mate Boban Mate Boban (; 12 February 1940 – 7 July 1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the first president of Herzeg-Bosnia ...

Branimir Glavaš Branimir Glavaš (born 23 September 1956 in Osijek) is a Croatian retired major general and politician. He was one of the founders of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party which was in power in the 1990s and one of its key figures until a sp ...

( Revoked for charges of war crimes) * Frane Vinko Golem *

Ante Kotromanović Ante Kotromanović (; born 8 May 1968) is a Croatian politician and army officer who served as the Minister of Defence of Croatia from December 2011 until January 2016. Biography Kotromanović was born in Potravlje near Hrvace. He graduated from ...

Zvonko Kusić Zvonko Kusić () (born 14 June 1946) is a Croatian physician who is professor of oncology and nuclear medicine and head of the Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine of the Sisters of Charity University Hospital in Zagreb. He was president ...

* Slobodan Lang *

Sveto Letica Sveto Letica (4 April 1926 – 6 November 2001) was a Croatian Admiral of the Fleet, admiral, and the first commander of the Croatian Navy. Biography Letica was born in 1926 in Podgora, Split-Dalmatia County, Podgora, where he was involved in cr ...

Drago Lovrić Drago Lovrić (born 2 December 1961) is a Croatian general who served as a chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia. General Drago Lovrić holds Master of Science degrees in international relations, from Zagreb Univ ...

Josip Lucić Josip Lucić (born 26 April 1957) is a Croats, Croatian general and former chief of General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia, Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia. Youth Lucić was born in Posavs ...

* Predrag Matić *

Rudolf Perešin Rudolf Perešin (25 March 1958 – 2 May 1995) was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter ...

* Predrag Stipanović *

Petar Stipetić Petar Stipetić (24 October 1937 – 14 March 2018) was a Croatian general who served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Croatia from 2000 until 2002. Education and service in Yugoslav People's Army Stipetić was born in ...

* Mirko Šundov *

Franjo Tuđman Franjo Tuđman (14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999) was a Croatian politician and historian who became the first president of Croatia, from 1990 until his death in 1999. He served following the Independence of Croatia, country's independe ...

References

{{ODM-stub Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia Awards established in 1995 1995 establishments in Croatia