Ribbon: Red with wide white central stripe bearing 2 narrow blue stripes.

Instituted: 19 September 1945.

Awarded: To Norwegian and Allied military and civilians who resisted the German invasion of 9 April 1940, who served in the Norwegian armed forces or the Merchant Marine during the war or who were active in Norway in the winter of 1944-1945 and to Allied personnel who took part in the liberation of Norway.