Bronze Lion

Bronze Lion
The Bronze Lion
Type	Military award
Awarded for	Deeds of extreme bravery and leadership in battle favouring the Netherlands
Presented by	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Status	Currently awarded
First awarded	1944
Last awarded	2009 (Björn Peterse, posthumous)
Total	1212
Total awarded posthumously	Possible
Total recipients	1212
Ribbon bar of the Bronze Lion
Precedence
Next (higher)	Military Order of William
Equivalent	Honorable Mention
Next (lower)	Resistance Star East Asia

The Bronze Lion (Dutch: Bronzen Leeuw) is a high Royal Dutch award, intended for servicemen who have shown extreme bravery and leadership in battle favouring The Netherlands; in some special cases it can be awarded to Dutch or foreign civilians. It was first created in 1944 and has since been issued 1,210 times. Proposals for an award are reviewed by the Dutch Board for Bravery Awards, which is part of the Ministry of Defence. If awarded they are enforced by a Royal Decree. The Bronze Lion has precedence after the Order of the House of Orange but is the second-highest military decoration still being awarded for bravery (only preceded by the Military William Order).