Decorations and recognitions
According to records from 1918, Rudolf Maister received the following decorations during his military career in Austria-Hungary:
- bronze military medal of merit on military ribbon (German: Bronzene Militärverdienstmedaille am Bande der Militärverdienstkreuzes);
- gold memorial medal on the Emperor’s jubilee 1898 (German: Goldene Jubiläunserinnerungsmedaille 1898);
- jubilee cross 1908 (German Militärjubilänskreuz (1908)).
In the Kingdom of SHS, later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he received:
- order of the white eagle 3rd class with swords (Serbian: Orden Belog Orla sa mačevima trečeg reda);
- the military cross of the Czechoslovak Republic; this was reported on 19 January 1921 by the newspaper Jutro;
- order of St Sava 1st class (Serbian: Orden svetog Save prvog reda) which he received on 1 December 1933 as an honorary adjutant, a retired divisional general.
Order of the white eagle 3rd class with swords, 1919; kept by the Maister family.
Order of St. Sava 1st class, 1933; kept by the Maister family.
Military cross of Czechoslovakia, 1920; kept by the Maister family.Recognitions
Rudolf Maister was an honorary citizen of many cities that he had lived in or was associated with: Fram pri Mariboru, 1919; Kamnik, 1924 – Maister’s legacy – MMK; Maribor, 1933; and Kranj.
Maister's letter of thanks to the mayor of Maribor for the notice of honorary citizenship, 1933; kept by the PAM.
Proposal to declare Maister an honorary citizen of Maribor, 1933; kept by the PAM.
Rudolf Maister’s honorary citizen of Kamnik diploma, 1924; kept by MMK.Memorial medals
Memorial medal of the Association of Fighters for the Northern Border 1918–1968 – Maister’s legacy – NMS, MNOM
The commemorative medal of the Association of Fighters for the Northern Border was made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the battles for the northern border in Carinthia (1918–1968). It was worn by Slovenian volunteers who had gone, after the disintegration of Austria-Hungary, to defend the northern national and ethnic border in Carinthia. The medal was designed by France Gorše. The Decorations Office in Belgrade and the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia in Ljubljana rejected it, so it was not included in the system of Yugoslav state decorations.
The face of the medal displays a portrait of General Maister in partial profile to the right. At the right edge is the signature of the medal’s designer, the sculptor France Gorše: FG. Along the edge of the medal’s face there is an inscription in Latin and Cyrillic: GENERAL RUDOLF MAISTER THE LIBERATOR OF SLOVENIA’S NORTHERN BORDER 1918. On the back, there is a simple relief of the SFR Yugoslavia and an inscription in Latin and Cyrillic on the edge: YUGOSLAVIA 1918 1968.
