Order of the Croatian Trefoil

The Order of the Croatian Trefoil (Croatian: Red hrvatskog trolista) is the sixteenth most important medal given by the Republic of Croatia. The order was founded on 1 April 1995. The medal is awarded for excellence in war, direct war danger or in extraordinary circumstances in peacetime.^[1]

Order of the Croatian Trefoil Red hrvatskog trolista
Badge and ribbon of the order
Type	Order of merit
Awarded for	Heroic acts committed in time of war, in danger of war and peace in extraordinary circumstances.
Presented by	Republic of Croatia
Eligibility	Croatian and foreign citizens.
First awarded	Slavko Burda
Last awarded	Ivica Bagarić
Total	37
Ribbon bar of the order
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Croatian Cross
Next (lower)	Order of the Croatian Interlace

Recipients are Anton Tus, who served as a colonel general and the chief of staff of the Yugoslav Air Force before becoming the chief of general staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, Vasily Sikorski, a Croatian wartime reporter, and diplomat to Ukraine, Slavko Burda, Ivan Čehok a previous mayor of Varaždin, Josip Đakić member of Croatian parliament, Vesna Getoš (Posthumously), Vesna Girardi-Jurkić an archeologist, museologist and ex minister of education, Antun Hila (Posthumous), Žarko Inhof, Damir Junušić, Zlatko Kajmić, dr. Boris Kandare, Vladimir Kopf (Posthumous), Zvonko Kovač, Ivan Križić, Darko Matić, Ana Matoš, Zlatko Menges, Željko Mikić, Ivan Minčir, Antun Palarić, dr. Jurica Pavelić, dr. Ante Pavelić, Franjo Petrović, Ivan Raguž, Marijan Ramušćak, Željko Ronta, Kreško Slatković, Stipo Šermet, dr. Marko Škreb, Krešimir Šlafhauzer, Ivan Stark (Posthumous), Vladimir Štengl, Miro Turalija, Ivica Turkalj, Miljenko Vranić, Goran Zobundžija (Posthumous), Ivan Žigrović and Ivica Bagarić.^[2]

See also

• Military Order of the Iron Trefoil

References

1. Croatian Parliament (1995-03-24). "Zakon o odlikovanjima i priznanjima Republike Hrvatske". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (1995/20). Retrieved 2011-11-16.
2. "Odluka o odlikovanju Redom hrvatskog trolista broj 01-051-99-15-1/L od 27. 5. 1999".