Orders, decorations, and medals of Uruguay
The Uruguayan Constitution provides in its article 85 section 13th that "ruling public honors due to great services" is a matter of competence of the General Assembly.
Regarding decorations and badges granted by foreign governments or institutions, or by international organizations, to military officers or troops, the grantee must ask for permission from the Executive branch through the chain of command, unless the decorated individual received it through a national authority or with their knowledge, or on the occasion of an official mission approved by the Executive.
It could also honor persons that due to their intervention in covenants, acts, treaties and international organizations benefit Uruguay in the sports subject.
[12] After two decades without being granted it was presented to the Uruguay national under-20 football team after they became champions of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
[14] It was eliminated on 13 March 1985, a year after its creation by the recently elected democratic authorities, by the Law of validity of the acts of the dictatorship.
[15] The honored individuals were persons worthy of public recognition due to their exceptional talents or virtues, which led to extraordinary acts or services that favored Uruguay.
It also was awarded to foreign heads of state worthy of it, according to the judgement of who at the time was holding the position of President of the Republic.
[19] It is presented by the President of the Republic acting together with the Minister of National Defense, after the proposal of the Commander in Chief of the Army.
[21] It is presented by the Commander in Chief of the Army after the nomination of an Advisory Commission, and it consists of two ranks: Heroism and Distinguished Valor.
[22][23] It is presented by the President of the Republic acting together with the Ministry of National Defense, after the nomination of the Commander in Chief of the Air Force.
[27] It was currently awarded once to the Chief of the Joint Defense Staff of the Armed Forces of Argentina and then seems to be fallen into disuse.
[28] The Medal for the Battle of Tacuarembó was a decoration granted by the National Army, created by Decree of 26 July 1836, that was awarded by the government of President Manuel Oribe after the victory over the rebel forces led by the ex-president Fructuoso Rivera.
[21] The Shield of San Antonio was a military decoration granted by the Defense Government in 1846 to the members of the Italian Legion led by Giuseppe Garibaldi after their resistance with a numerical disadvantage, that ended with victory against the forces allied with Manuel Oribe under the command of General Servando Gómez.
[31][21][32] The Yatay Medal was a military decoration granted in 1865 by the Uruguayan government to honor the Uruguayan allied forces led by Venancio Flores who participated in the Battle of Yatay, part of the Paraguayan War, against the forces led by Paraguayan Pedro Duarte.
