Homeland War Memorial Medal
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The Homeland War Memorial is a Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n state medal awarded to both Croatians and foreigners who participated in the nation's Homeland War
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

 as a volunteer, part of the Croatian Army and Croatian Council of Defence
Croatian Defence Council
The Croatian Defence Council was a military formation of the self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War.-History:...

or in some other role http://www.predsjednik.hr/default.asp?gl=200309120000006.

The medal was widely granted, given to over 430,000 people who participated in the war in some form http://www.cfiva.org/cfiva/medals/index.cfm.

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