Awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung

This is a list of awards and decorations received by Kim Il-sung, founder and first leader of North Korea. According to North Korean sources, the country awarded him "the title of Hero of the DPRK three times, the title of Labour Hero of the DPRK, 26 orders and 3 medals". In addition, foreign countries and organizations conferred upon him 74 orders and 152 medals.

North Korean

Award or decoration Date
PRK Order of the National Flag - 1st Class BAR.png Order of the National Flag (1st Class with Neck Chain, six times) 6 February 1951,
28 July 1953
DPRK Hero of Labour ribbon.gif Hero of Labor 7 September 1958
DPRK Hero of the Republic ribbon.gif Hero of the Republic (thrice) 28 July 1953,
15 April 1972,
April 1982
DPRK 20th Anniversary Order.png Order Commemoration of the Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (twice)
FreedomAndIndependence1Ribbon.jpg Order of Freedom and Independence (1st Class, twice) 1953
DPRK Medal for Agricultural Merits.png Medal for Agricultural Merits
DPRK Medal of Military Service Honor.png Medal of Military Service Honour
DPRK Commemorative Order 60th Year Anniversary Of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory.png Commemorative Order "60th Year Anniversary of the Fatherland Liberation War Victory" posthumous

Foreign

Award or decoration Country Date
ALB Order of Liberty kl. I BAR.jpg Order of Liberty [sq] (1st Class)  Albania June 1956
Red ribbon bar - general use.svg Gold Medal of the Nation [es]  Laos 3 February 1992
Order of Lenin Ribbon Bar.svg Order of Lenin (twice)  Soviet Union 14 April 1972,
14 April 1987
100 lenin rib.png Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"  Soviet Union 8 May 1970
SU Order of the Red Banner ribbon.svg Order of the Red Banner  Soviet Union 29 August 1945
Victoryjapan rib.png Medal "For the Victory over Japan"  Soviet Union 30 September 1945
30 years of victory rib.png Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"  Soviet Union 15 August 1975
40 years of victory rib.png Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"  Soviet Union 9 May 1985
Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star Rib.png Order of the Yugoslav Star (Great Star)  Yugoslavia 29 August 1977
GDR Marks-order bar.png Order of Karl Marx (twice)  East Germany 15 April 1982,
15 April 1987
National Order of the Thousand Hills (Rwanda) - ribbon bar.gif National Order of the Thousand Hills (Grand Cross)  Rwanda 15 June 1978
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna rib.svg Star of the Republic of Indonesia (1st Class)  Indonesia 10 April 1965
OrderOfGeorgiDimitrovRibbon.jpg Order of Georgi Dimitrov (twice)  Bulgaria October 1973,
11 April 1987
100th anniversary of the birth of Georgi Dimitrov medal ribbon.svg 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Georgi Dimitrov [cs]  Bulgaria 28 January 1983
TGO Order of Mono - Grand Cross BAR.png Order of Mono (Grand Cross)  Togo 11 September 1974
Ribbon jose marti.png Order of José Martí (twice)  Cuba 13 April 1982,
10 March 1986
Order of Playa Girón (ribbon bar).png Order of Playa Girón  Cuba 4 April 1987
MLT Xirka Gieh ir-Repubblika BAR.svg Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika (Honorary Member)  Malta 1 August 1985
Ribbon Grand Order of the Star of Honor of Socialist Ethiopia.svg Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia (Grand Cross)  Ethiopia 10 November 1985
Orden Sandino 1.svg Augusto Cesar Sandino Order [es] (Batalla de San Jacinto, 1st Class)  Nicaragua 25 August 1986
Red ribbon bar - general use.svg Gold Star Order  Vietnam 9 September 1988
ROM Victoria Socialismului BAR.svg Order of Victory of Socialism  Romania 15 April 1987
ROM Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române clasa I BAR.svg Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic (twice, 1st Class and 1st Class with Band)  Romania 6 July 1972,
9 April 1982
75-year Anniversary Parliamentary Medal  Finland 1981
Cs2okg.png Order of Klement Gottwald  Czechoslovakia 29 January 1987
CZE Rad Bileho Lva 3 tridy BAR.svg Order of the White Lion (1st Class with Collar)  Czechoslovakia 7 June 1973
Red ribbon bar - general use.svg 30th Anniversary of Liberation Medal [cs]  Czechoslovakia May 1975
POL Polonia Restituta Wielki BAR.svg Order of Polonia Restituta (Grand Cross, 1st Class)  Poland 5 July 1956
Order Of Ummayad (Syria) - ribbon bar.gif Order of the Umayyads (Grand Belt)  Syria 25 September 1974
Mali Ordre national du Mali GC ribbon.svg National Order of Mali (Grand Cross)  Mali 18 May 1976
The Star of Palestine (Palestine) Ribbon.svg Order of the Star of Palestine [ar]  Palestine 26 July 1993
KHM Ordre Royal du Cambodge - Grand Croix BAR.png Royal Order of Cambodia (Grand Cross)  Cambodia 9 October 1965
National Order of Independence (Cambodia).gif Order of National Independence [nl]  Cambodia
MDG National Order - Grand Cross 1st Class BAR.png National Order of Madagascar (Grand Cross, 1st Class)  Madagascar 6 October 1985
OrdenSuheBator.png Order of Sukhbaatar (twice)  Mongolia January 1953,
29 June 1988
Ordem Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane.png Order of Eduardo Mondlane (1st Class)  Mozambique 24 July 1984
Burkina Faso Ordre de l'Etoile du Nahouri ribbon.gif Order of the Gold Star of Nahouri  Burkina Faso 5 September 1985
Order of Operation Bokassa.gif Order of Operation Bokassa [fr] (Grand Cross)  Central African Republic 1 May 1978
Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Central African Republic).png Order of Central African Merit (Grand Cross with Necklace)  Central African Republic 1 May 1978
November 17 Medal International Union of Students 17 January 1986
National Order of Equatorial Guinea - ribbon bar.gif Order of Independence (Grand Cross)  Equatorial Guinea 18 April 1992
National Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Guinea).png National Order of Merit (Grand Cross)  Guinea 24 May 2005
Ongulumbashe Medal  Namibia 11 September 1992
GAB Order of the Equatorial Star - Knight BAR.png Order of the Equatorial Star  Gabon May 1977
Medalha Amílcar Cabral.svg Order of Amílcar Cabral [es]  Guinea-Bissau 15 April 1982
30thAnniversaryOfVictoryOverGermanyRibbon.jpg 30th Anniversary of Victory Over Fascist Germany [cs]  Bulgaria June 1975
MRT Grand Cross Order of National Merit.png National Order of Merit (Grand Cross)  Mauritania 30 May 1975
National Order of the Republic (Burundi) - ribbon bar.png National Order of the Republic  Burundi 22 March 1979
POL Order Zaslugi PRL kl1 BAR.png Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland (Grand Ribbon)  Poland 31 March 1987
LBA Order of the Great 1st September Revolution ribbon.svg Order of the Great 1st September Revolution [uk] (twice)  Libya 30 September 1989,
18 April 1992
Order of the Grand Conqueror (Libya).gif Order of the Grand Conqueror [cs]  Libya
GUY Order of Excellence of Guyana ribbon bar.png Order of Excellence of Guyana  Guyana
National Order of the Leopard (Zaire) - ribbon bar.png National Order of the Leopard (Grand Cordon)  Zaire April 1992
National Order - Grand Cross (Niger) - ribbon bar.png National Order of Niger [nl] (Grand Cross)  Niger 20 September 1986
ZAM Order of the Grand Companion of Freedom ribbon.svg Order of the Grand Companion of Freedom (1st Class)  Zambia 26 February 1988
CGO Ordre du Merite Congolaise ribbon.svg Congolese Order of Merit [fr] (Grand Cross)  Republic of the Congo 14 March 1983
EGY Order of the Nile - Grand Cordon BAR.png Order of the Nile (Necklace)  Egypt 4 April 1983
Ordine Nazionale del Benin - 1986-1994 (Benin).png National Order of the People's Republic of Benin (Grand Cross)  Benin 10 July 1976
SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Cross BAR.svg National Order of the Lion (Grand Cross)  Senegal
14 October Medal of South Yemen.png Order of the 14th of October [ar]  South Yemen

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