Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order
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The Milan Rastislav Stefanik Order is an award given "to recognize eminent contributions to the defence and security of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic". It was bestowed by the President of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
. The award is named after Milan Rastislav Stefanik
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Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic was the official name of Czechoslovakia from April 1990 until 31 December 1992, when the country was dissolved into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.- Adoption of the name :Since 1960, Czechoslovakia's official name had been Czechoslovak Socialist Republic...
. The award is named after Milan Rastislav Stefanik
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Milan Rastislav Štefánik , Kingdom of Hungary – May 4, 1919 in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. During World War I, he was General of the French Army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War, one of the leading members of the...
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List of recipients
- President of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic - First Class Insignia of the Order
- Colonel Josef Adam - Third Class, 1991
- Lieutenant General Jan AmbrusJan AmbrusWing Commander Jan K Ambrus OBE was a Czechoslovakian fighter pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.- Early life :...
- Third Class, 1992 - Colonel Zdenek Bachurek - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Josef BalabanJosef BalabánJosef Balabán was a Czechoslovakian soldier mostly known for his involvement in resistance against Nazi Germany during World War II....
- Second Class, 1992 - Major Alfred Bartos - Third Class, 1992
- Colonel Vaclav Beran, M. Sc. - Fourth Class, 1992
- Army General Josef Bily - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Frantisek Bogataj - Third Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Jozef Brunovsky - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Josef Bursik - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Vladimir Cupak - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Vojtech Danielovic - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Karel Drbohlav, M. Sc. - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Stanislav Dvorsky - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Frantisek FajtlFrantišek FajtlLieutenant General František Fajtl was a Czech fighter pilot of World War II. He was a RAF squadron and wing commander and led a group of Czechoslovak fighter pilots who formed an air regiment under Soviet Air Force command, supporting the Slovak National Uprising in 1944...
- Third Class, 1991 - Army General MVDr. Mikulas Feriencik - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Josef Flekal - Third Class, 1991
- Captain Jozef GabcikJozef GabcíkJozef Gabčík was a Slovak soldier of Czechoslovak army involved in Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of acting Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich....
- Third Class, 1992 - Lieutenant General Jan GolianJán GolianJán Golian was a Slovak Brigadier General who became famous as one of the main organizers and the commander of the insurrectionist 1st Czecho-Slovak Army in Slovakia during the Slovak National Uprising against the Nazis...
- Third Class, 1991 - Captain Eva Havejova - Fourth Class, 1992
- Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Hasek - Third Class, 1992
- Colonel Frantisek Hieke - Stoj - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Stanislav Hlucka - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Otakar Hruby - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Otakar Husak, M. Sc. - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Frantisek Chabera - Third Class, 1991
- Army General Sergej IngrSergej IngrJan Sergej Ingr was a Czechoslovak Army four star general and the Minister of National Defense in the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.-Early life:...
- Third Class, 1991 - Army General RNDr. Karel Janousek - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Miroslav Jiroudek - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Josef Knop - Third Class, 1991
- Lieutenant General Jan Kratochvil - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Jozef M. Kristin - Second Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Rudolf Krzak - Third Class, 1991
- Captain Jan KubisJan KubisJan Kubis may refer to:* Jan Kubiš , Czech soldier* Ján Kubiš , Slovak diplomat...
- Third Class, 1992 - Colonel Otmar Kucera - Third Class, 1992
- Army General Karel Kutlvasr - Second Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Vladislav Kuzel-Znievcan - Third Class, 1992
- Army General Alois LiskaAlois LiškaAlois Liška was a Czech army officer who served in both World Wars, ultimately as a Brigade General commanding the 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade at Dunkirk in 1944/45. He was born on 20 November 1895 in Záborčí, some 17 kilometres south east of Liberec, and died on 7 February 1977 in Putney,...
- Third Class, 1991 - Colonel Antonin Liska - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Karel Lukas - Third Class, 1992
- Army General Vojtech B. Luza, M. Sc. - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Jiri Manak - Third Class, 1992
- Colonel Anton Martis - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Josef V. Masin - Second Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Frantisek MoravecFrantišek MoravecFrantišek Moravec was Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II....
- Third Class, 1991 - Lieutenant Colonel Vaclav MoravekVáclav MorávekVáclav Morávek was Czechoslovak Brigadier General and national hero, one of best known personalities of Czech antinazi rezistance and member of famous resistance group called Three Kings....
- Second Class, 1992 - Brigadier General Karel Mrazek, M. Sc. - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Egon Nezbeda, M. Sc. - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Julius Nosko - Second Class, 1992
- Colonel Teodor Obuch, M. Sc. - Fourth Class, 1992
- Major Adolf OpalkaAdolf OpálkaFirst Lieutenant Adolf Opálka was a Czechoslovak soldier. He was a member of the Czech sabotage group Out Distance, a World War II anti-Nazi resistance group, and a participant in Operation Anthropoid, the successful mission to kill Reinhard Heydrich.Opálka was born into a middle-class family in...
- Third Class, 1991 - Colonel Josef Pavelka - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Bohumil Pelikan - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Rudolf PernickyRudolf PernickýRudolf Pernický was a Czechoslavak soldier and paratrooper. He fled the country after the 1939 annexation of Bohemia and Moravia by Nazi regime to Great Britain. There he worked for the exile Czechoslovak government and trained paratroopers heading to Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia...
- Third Class, 1991 - Major General Heliodor PikaHeliodor PíkaGeneral Heliodor Píka was a Czechoslovak army officer who was executed by his country's Communist regime after a show trial.-Early life:...
- Third Class, 1991 - Colonel Zdenek ProchazkaZdeněk ProcházkaZdeněk Procházka is a Czechoslovak football midfielder who played for Czechoslovakia in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for AC Sparta Prague.-External links:* at the ČMFS website*...
- Third Class, 1991 - Colonel Jan Prokop - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Vladimir Prikryl - Third Class, 1991
- Lieutenant Colonel Pavol Pukancik - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Stanislav Rajmon - Third Class, 1991
- Captain Prof. M. D. Alexander Rehak, DrSc. - Fourth Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Frantisek Rezabek - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Tomas Sedlacek - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel chartered economist Karol Schwarz - Third Class, 1992
- Colonel Alois Sitek - Fourth Class, 1992
- Colonel Vladimir Slansky - Third Class, 1991
- Major Oto Smik - Third Class, 1992
- Colonel Josef Stehlik - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Karel Seda - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Alois Siska - Third Class, 1991
- Major Antonin Sida - Third Class, 1991
- Milos Uher - Fourth Class, 1992
- Captain Jan Usiak - Fourth Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Alois VasatkoAlois VašátkoAlois Vašátko DSO DFC was a Czech fighter pilot.After graduating from a teacher's institute, he became a teacher in Litoměřice. A couple of months later he was drafted into the army. He finished his military service in 1929 and started studies at several army institutes...
- Third Class, 1992 - Brigadier General Jaroslav Vedral - Sazavsky - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Milos Vesel - Third Class, 1992
- Brigadier General Mirko Vesel - Second Class, 1992
- Lieutenant Colonel Josef Vesely - Third Class, 1991
- Army General Rudolf ViestRudolf ViestRudolf Viest , was Czechoslovakian division general of Slovakian ethnicity, commander of the partisan army during the Slovak National Uprising and the only Slovak general during the interwar period in the first Czechoslovak republic.In the years 1920-1939 he was...
- Third Class, 1991 - Colonel Josef Vopalecky - Third Class, 1991
- Colonel Otto WagnerOtto WagnerOtto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...
- Third Class, 1991 - Brigadier General Frantisek Weber - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Richard Zdrahala - Third Class, 1991
- Brigadier General Viliam Zingor - Third Class, 1991