Some nations confer honors which are signified in the form of a badge which is worn suspended from a ribbon (also known as riband or ribband) around the neck, including:
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Bharat Ratna
|{{IND}}
|Highest civilian decoration of India. |
Order of the British Empire
| rowspan="5" |{{UK}}
|Ranks of Knight Commander and Commander. |
Royal Victorian Order
|Ranks of Knight Commander and Commander. |
Order of Merit
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Order of the Companions of Honour
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Order of St. John
|Ranks of Commander or higher. |
Legion of Honour
|{{FRA}}
|Rank of Commander. |
Order of the Defender of the Realm
| rowspan="4" |{{MYS}}
| rowspan="3" |Rank of Companion, male recipient only (Female recipients version used the ribbon tied in a bow) |
Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia |
Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia |
Order of Merit
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Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang
|{{flag|Pahang}},
{{MYS}}
|Rank of Companion |
Order of the Crown of Perlis
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Perlis}},
{{MYS}}
| rowspan="2" |Rank of Companion |
Order of Prince Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail of Perlis |
Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Sarawak}},
{{MYS}}
| rowspan="2" |Rank of Companion and Officer, male recipient only (Female recipients version used the ribbon tied in a bow) |
Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak |
Order of Kinabalu
|{{flag|Sabah}},
{{MYS}}
|Rank of Companion or below |
July 1 Medal
| rowspan="2" |{{CHN}}
|Awarded by the Chinese Communist Party |
August 1 Medal
|Not to be confused with the order with the same name established in 1955 |
Military William Order
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|[[http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/militaire_willemsorde/index.html Military Order of William] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716063059/http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/militaire_willemsorde/index.html |date=2011-07-16 }}, official website; [http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/militaire_willemsorde/versierselen/ridder_grootkruis.html Grand Cross], worn without ribbon on the left breast or around the neck on a 55 millimetre wide ribbon, or as a sash.] |
Order of the Netherlands Lion
|[[http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/civiele_orden/orde_nederlandse_leeuw/index.html Order of the Netherlands Lion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831230830/http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/civiele_orden/orde_nederlandse_leeuw/index.html |date=2009-08-31 }}, official website; [http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/civiele_orden/orde_nederlandse_leeuw/versierselen/commandeur.html Commander], hangs from the ribbon, which is worn by men around the neck] |
Order of Orange-Nassau
|[[http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/civiele_orden/orde_oranje_nassau/index.html Order of Orange Nassau] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310070358/http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/civiele_orden/orde_oranje_nassau/index.html |date=2010-03-10 }}, official website; [http://www.lintjes.nl/_en/civiele_orden/orde_oranje_nassau/versierselen/grootofficier.html Grand Officer], hanging from the ribbon, which is worn by men around the neck] |
Pour le Mérite
|{{flag|Prussia}}, {{flag|German Empire}}
|[[http://www.pourlemerite.org/medals/medals.php Pour le Mérite]; n.b., 1667, cross was worn around the neck from a long black, "watered ribbon"] |
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
|{{flag|Prussia}}, {{flag|German Empire}} & {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|Consists of the 1813 Grand Cross, 1870 Grand Cross, 1914 Grand Cross and 1938 Grand Cross |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
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Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross
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German Order
|Awarded by the Nazi Party |
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
|{{HUN}}
|Ranks of Commander's Cross with star and Commander's Cross. |
Royal Order of Sahametrei
|{{CAM}}
|Rank of Commander. |
Order of Canada
| rowspan="2" |{{CAN}}
|Ranks of Companion or Officer. |
Order of Ontario
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Medal of Honor
| rowspan="6" |{{USA}}
|Highest military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20070915041300/http://www.history.army.mil/moh.html Medal of Honor], official website] |
Legion of Merit
|If at the rank of Commander. The Legion of Merit is awarded in degrees only to foreign nationals and its neck order is thus not available to U.S. citizens.[USAMilitaryMedals.com: [http://www.usamilitarymedals.com/legion-of-merit-medal-ribbon-p-93.html?ummID=61a788c5e06b73130f9b4ac4c0141d2d Legion of Merit Medal Ribbon]; n.b., The Legion of Merit is one of only two United States military decorations to be issued as a neck order (the other being the Medal of Honor), and the only United States decoration which may be issued in award degrees (much like an Order of chivalry or certain Orders of Merit).] |
Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Texas Medal of Valor
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Surgeon General's Medallion
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George Washington Spymaster Award
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Order of Australia
|{{AUS}}
|If rank of Officer or higher.[{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-09/Order%20of%20Australia%20Booklet%20-%20Chapters%20-%20Fourteenth%20Edition%20-%202020%20.PDF|title=Order of Australia Booklet|date=September 2020|edition=14th}}] |
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
|{{VAT}}
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Order of the Crown of Thailand
| rowspan="6" |{{THA}}
| rowspan="3" |Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of the White Elephant |
Order of the Direkgunabhorn |
Order of Ramkeerati
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Order of Chula Chom Klao
|Second Class (Grand Commander and Knight Commander). |
Order of Rama
|Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of the Rising Sun
| rowspan="2" |{{JAP}}
| rowspan="2" |Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of the Sacred Treasure |
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise
| rowspan="4" |{{UKR}}
|Second Class and Third Class. |
Order of Merit
|First class. |
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
|First class. |
Order of Liberty
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