Category
page 1Awards disestablished in 1945
War Merit Cross
German military decoration during World War II for civilians in several classes (1939-1945)
Cross of Honor of the German Mother
German award given to mothers (Nazi Germany; 1938–1945)
Order of the White Eagle
Royal Order in the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Order of the Roman Eagle
Italian award
Order of Skanderbeg
Albanian honorific order
Order of the Crown
Jugoslavian Order of Knighthood (1930-1945)
Order of Saint Prince Lazarus
award
German Equestrian Badge
award
Bukōkishō
The ' ("Badge for Military Merit"), commonly called the Bukōshō', was a military decoration of the Empire of Japan, established on 7 December 1944 by Imperial edict. It was awarded by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) to living soldiers who had performed with exceptional valor in battle. Airmen, especially fighter pilots defending Japan against enemy bombers, were most likely to win the award. Eighty-nine Bukōshō were awarded during the eight months it was actively awarded.