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Order of Danica Hrvatska Red Danice hrvatske
Type	State order
Presented by	Republic of Croatia
Eligibility	Croatian and foreign citizens
Status	Active
Established	1 April 1995
with the face of Marko Marulić with the face of Blaž Lorković Ribbon bars of the Order of Danica Hrvatska
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Stjepan Radić
Next (lower)	Order of the Croatian Cross

The Order of Danica Hrvatska (Croatian: Red Danice hrvatske; lit. "Order of the Croatian Morning Star") is the fourteenth most important medal given by the Republic of Croatia. The order was founded on 1 April 1995. The medal is awarded for different purposes and with different faces:^[1]

• Marko Marulić – for culture
• Blaž Lorković – for business/economics
• Ruđer Bošković – for sciences
• Nikola Tesla – for innovation
• Franjo Bučar – for sports
• Katarina Zrinska – for health, social welfare and the promotion of moral values
• Antun Radić – for education

(left: Order medal; middle: smaller decorative version; right: Order ribbon)^[2]

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  with the face of Marko Marulić
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  with the face of Blaž Lorković
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  with the face of Ruđer Bošković
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  with the face of Nikola Tesla
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  with the face of Franjo Bučar
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  with the face of Katarina Zrinska
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  with the face of Antun Radić

• Božo Biškupić
• Marin Čilić
• Alfred Freddy Krupa^[13][14]
• Kažimir Hraste^[15]
• Patrick Boylan^[16]