Orders, decorations, and medals of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

The following is a comprehensive list of orders, decorations, and medals bestowed by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, both in the present-day and historically.

Sovereign Military Hospitalier Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

First Class (Knights of Justice and Conventual Chaplains)

Venerable Bailiff Knights Grand Cross of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows

Knights Grand Cross of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows

Commanders of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows

Knights of Justice Professed of Solemn Vows

Knights of Justice Professed of Simple Vows

Knights admitted to the Novitiate

Conventual Chaplains Grand Cross Professed of Solemn Religious Vows

Conventual Chaplains Professed of Solemn Religious Vows

Conventual Chaplains Professed of Simple Religious Vows

Second Class (Knights and Dames in Obedience)

Bailiff Knights Grand Cross in Obedience

Knights and Dames Grand Cross in Obedience

Knights and Dames in Obedience

Donatus of Justice

Third Class - First Category (Knights and Dames of Honour and Devotion)

Bailiff Knights Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion with Profession Cross ad honorem

Bailiff Knights Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion

Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion

Knights of Honours and Devotion owner of Commandery of Family Patronage

Knights and Dames of Honour and Devotion

Bailiff Knights Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion for Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Third Class - Second Category (Conventual Chaplains ad honorem)

Conventual Chaplains Grand Cross Cappellano ad honorem

Conventual Chaplains ad honorem

Third Class - Third Category (Knights and Dames of Grace and Devotion)

Knights Grand Cross of Grace and Devotion with Sash

Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Grace and Devotion

Knights and Dames of Grace and Devotion

Third Class - Fourth Category (Magistral Chaplains)

Magistral Chaplains

Third Class - Fifth Category (Knights and Dames of Magistral Grace)

Knights Grand Cross of Magistral Grace with Sash

Knights and Dames Grand Cross of Magistral Grace

Knights and Dames of Magistral Grace

Third Class - Sixth Category (Donates of Devotion)

Donates of Devotion I class

Donates of Devotion II class

Donates of Devotion III class

Order pro Merito Melitensi

Collar of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

Collar pro Merito Melitensi - Military Class

Collar pro Merito Melitensi - Civilian Class

(Single grade, usually reserved for Heads of State)

Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

Military Class

Grand Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi – special class

Grand Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Grand Officer Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Commander Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Officer Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Cross with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Civilian Class - Gentlemen

Grand Cross pro Merito Melitensi – special class

Grand Cross pro Merito Melitensi

Grand Officer Cross pro Merito Melitensi

Commander Cross pro Merito Melitensi

Officer Cross pro Merito Melitensi

Cross pro Merito Melitensi

Civilian Class - Ladies

• Grand Cross pro Merito Melitensi - special class
• Grand Cross pro Merito Melitensi
• Cross pro Merito Melitensi with Badge
• Cross pro Merito Melitensi with Crown
• Cross pro Merito Melitensi with Shield
• Cross pro Merito Melitensi

Ecclesiastical Class

Grand Cross pro Piis Meritis Melitensi

Cross pro Piis Meritis Melitensi

Medal of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

Old style (1920-1960)

Gold Medal pro Merito Melitensi

Silver Medal pro Merito Melitensi

Bronze Medal pro Merito Melitensi

Military Class

Gold Medal with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Silver Medal with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Bronze Medal with Swords pro Merito Melitensi

Civilian Class

Gold Medal pro Merito Melitensi

Silver Medal pro Merito Melitensi

Bronze Medal pro Merito Melitensi

Other distinctions

Silver Medal for the Calabria and Sicily earthquake (April 24th 1912)

Bronze Medal for the Calabria and Sicily earthquake (April 24th 1912)

Silver Medal for the Turkey War (April 24th 1912)

Bronze Medal for the Turkey War (April 24th 1912)

Merit Medal for assistance to the 1940-1945 War Veterans

Silver Medal for assistance to the Hungarian Refugees

Bronze Medal for assistance to the Hungarian Refugees

Medal for relief activities in Vietnam

Bronze medal commemorating the 900th anniversary of the recognition of the SMOM by Pope Paschal II (1113-2013)

SMOM Commemorative Medal for the Solemn Exposition of the Holy Shroud in Turin in 2015 (SMOM Magisterial Decree No. 15421 of 12/13 October 2015, medal not portative & ribbon exclusively portative on SMOM Uniforms "from Pilgrimage")

Malteser International

Malteser International Medal of Merit in Gold

Malteser International Medal of Merit in Silver

Malteser International Medal of Merit in Bronze

Malteser International Medal of Commitment "St. Martin 2007"

Malteser International Service Medal

Emergency Corps of the Order of Malta

ECOM Medal for Kosovo 1999

ECOM for Rwanda 2002

Medal and awards of national associations

Malteser Hospitaldienst Austria

Merit Medal in Gold

Merit Medal in Silver

Merit Medal in Bronze

Medal for the relief of the Kosovo refugees (1999)

Euro 2008 Medal in Gold

Euro 2008 Medal in Silver

Malteser in Deutschland - Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. (Germany)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (60 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (50 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (40 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (30 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (25 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (20 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst long service medal (10 years)

Malteser Hilfsdienst service medal

Memorial Medal for the Malteser Hilfsdienst 50th Anniversary Jubilee

Thanks and Gratitude Medal in Gold

Thanks and Gratitude Medal in Silver

Thanks and Gratitude Medal in Bronze

Memorial ribbon for the World Youth Day 2005

Memorial ribbon for the Pope's visit 2006

Memorial ribbon for the Pope's visit 2011

Order of Malta Irish Association and Ambulance Corps (Éire)

Service medal (10 years)

Service medal (20 years)

Service medal (30 years)

Service medal (40 years)

Service medal (50 years)

900 years anniversary medal (1999)

Cadet 50 years medal (1999)

Medal for the pilgrimage to Lourdes (1971)

Medal for the Holy Year pilgrimage in Rome (1975)

Medal for the pilgrimage in Rome (1979)

Medal for the Holy Year pilgrimage in Rome (1984)

Medal for the pilgrimage to Lourdes (1988)

Medal for the pilgrimage in Poland (1991)

Medal for the Holy Land pilgrimage (1991)

Medal for the Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome (2000)

Special Olympics Games 2003 service medal

St.John Ambulance Brigade war service medal (1916)

St.John Ambulance Brigade Service Medal (1946)

St.John Ambulance Brigade Service Medal (current)

St.John Ambulance Brigade long service medal (10 years)

St.John Ambulance Brigade long service medal (20 years)

St.John Ambulance Corps Gold Medal of Merit (1943 model)

St.John Ambulance Silver Gold Medal of Merit (1943 model)

St.John Ambulance Corps Bronze Medal of Merit (1943 model)

St.John Ambulance Corps Gold Medal of Merit (1971 model)

St.John Ambulance Silver Gold Medal of Merit (1971 model)

St.John Ambulance Corps Bronze Medal of Merit (1971 model)

St.John Ambulance Corps Gold Jubilee Medal (1988)

Associazione dei Cavalieri Italiani del Sovrano Ordine di Malta e Corpo Militare dell'Esercito dell'ACISMOM (Italy)

Medal for the Southern Italy earthquake (1980)

Medal for the Northern Italy Emergency (2000)

Medal for the Abruzzo earthquake (1999)

Memorial Medal of the Redemption Jubilee Pilgrimage (1933)

Merit Medal for assistance to the Holy Year pilgrims (1975)

Medal for the assistance to the Redemption Jubilee pilgrims (1983)

Medal for the assistance to the Redemption Jubilee pilgrims (2000)

Medal for the assistance to the Mercy Jubilee pilgrims (2016)

Merit medals for the Lourdes Pilgrimages

Ribbon for the Malta Order Lourdes Pilgrimages 150th Anniversary

Pilgrimages Memorial Medal

Lourdes Pilgrimages Memorial Medal

Loreto Pilgrimages Memorial Medal

Memorial Medal for the second millennium from the birth of Saint Paul Apostle of the People (21 November 2009)

Honour Merit Badge of the Military Corps of the order of Malta, awarded in the Gold, Silver and Bronze classes.

Memorial Medal of the 1915-1918 War

Memorial Medal of the 1940-1945 War, awarded in the Silver Class for officers and Bronze Class for other ranks.

Memorial Medal for the operations in the former Yugoslavia (7 June 1996)

Long Service Cross for Managers and volunteer nurses (24 October 1941)

Long Service Cross for NCOs and other ranks (24 October 1941)

Order of Malta Federal Association U.S.A. (United States of America

External links

• The three Classes of the Knights of Malta - official website of the Order of Malta
• Sovereign Military Order of Malta in the United Kingdom - Order pro Merito Melitensi

Orders, decorations, and medals of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Order of Malta	Three classes
Order pro merito Melitensi	Order pro merito Melitensi Medal of the Order pro Merito Melitensi
Malteser International	Malteser International Service Medal
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Roman Catholic chivalric order and sovereign subject of international law, founded in 1099 in Jerusalem,  Kingdom of Jerusalem
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History, including major territories, premises, and battles of the Knights Hospitaller	Rome Palazzo Malta (capital) (1869) Villa del Priorato di Malta (1869) Malta Fortifications Birgu ( Fort St. Angelo (2001)) Senglea (Fort St. Michael)^ Mdina Valletta (Fort St. Elmo) Cittadella Floriana Lines Santa Margherita Lines Cottonera Lines Fort Ricasoli Fort Manoel Fort Chambray Fort Tigné others Palaces Grand Master's Palace Palazzo Vilhena Verdala Palace San Anton Palace Churches Church of Saint Lawrence Conventual Church of Saint John Auberges in Birgu Auberge d'Allemagne^ Auberge d'Angleterre Auberge d'Aragon Auberge d'Auvergne et Provence Auberge de Castille et Portugal Auberge de France Auberge d'Italie^ Auberges in Valletta Auberge d'Allemagne^ Auberge d'Aragon Auberge d'Auvergne^ Auberge de Bavière Auberge de Castille Auberge de France^ Auberge d'Italie Auberge de Provence Caribbean Saint Kitts (1651-1665) Saint Martin (1651-1665) Saint Barthélemy (1651-1665) Saint Croix (1660-1665) Rhodes Fortifications Palace of the Grand Master Anatolia: Bodrum Castle Holy Land Saint John d'Acre Abu Ghosh Arqa Gibelacar Belvoir Fortress Chastel Rouge Coliath^ Krak des Chevaliers Margat Mount Tabor^ Military history Crusades 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Battles Siege of Jerusalem (1187) Battle of Arsuf (1191) Siege of Acre (1291) Siege of Rhodes (1480) Siege of Rhodes (1522) Invasion of Gozo (1551) Siege of Tripoli (1551) Great Siege of Malta (1565) Battle of Lepanto (1571) French invasion of Malta (1798)
Extant extraterritoriality (with year of proclamation) World Heritage Site, UNESCO ^ Demolished or sparse remains Pope portal Catholicism portal See also: Chivalric orders under protection of the Holy See

Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See
Equestrian orders of the Holy See	Supreme Order of Christ Order of the Golden Spur Order of Pope Pius IX Order of St. Gregory the Great Order of Saint Sylvester
Distinctions	Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Benemerenti medal Golden Rose Jerusalem Pilgrim's Cross
Chivalric orders under protection of the Holy See (with distinctions)	Sovereign Military Order of Malta ( Order pro merito Melitensi, Medal of the Order pro Merito Melitensi) Order of the Holy Sepulchre ( Palm of Jerusalem, Pilgrim Shell, Cross of Merit) Teutonic Order ( Honorary Knights)
Defunct/dormant distinctions (1870, 1954, 1977)	Order of Saint John of the Lateran Order of Saint Cecilia (1870) Order of the Moor (1870) Order of Saint Sylvester and the Militia Aurata (1905) Advocates of Saint Peter (1909) Blessed sword and hat (1823) Medal of Military Merit Fidei et Virtuti Pro Petri Sede Lauretan Cross (middle part of the 20th Century) Papal Lateran Cross (1977)
See also	Papal Household Swiss Guard Catholic chivalric orders
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