Europe

Wooden Coat of Arms and official guide book from the City of Barrow-in-Furness

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0261
Item
unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Omagh in Northern Ireland by the Omagh District Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0372
Item
unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Glasgow

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0441
Item
4 August 1981

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The Scroll was accepted on behalf of Mandela by Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr Ekwueme (Alex). Presented by Lord Provost Mr Michael Kelly. The scroll, known as the Burgess Ticket, was to be kept in Government House, Lagos and "when M gains M's freedom in I hope, the not too distant future, he will be able to come to Lagos to receive it"

Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich in appreciation of his service to Greenwich and his contribution to world peace

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0464
Item
20 July 1983, reconfirmed in 2012

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Agreed by special resolution in 1983, sealed in 1993 and re-affirmed in 2012

Freedom of the City of Wijnegem

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0476
Item
1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Wijnegen in Belgium

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0480
Item
1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Liverpool

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0489
Item
1 July 1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0491
Item
9 November 1984, presented 9 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award admitting and receiving Mr Mandela as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, UK

City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0492
Item
29 November 1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Glasgow

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0514
Item
19 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0537
Item
1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The borough was abolished in 1996, when its area became part of Caerphilly County Borough

Honorary Freemand of the City of Newcastle Upon Tyne

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0546
Item
2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate admitting Mr Mandela to be an Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

City of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in recognition of his services to the cause of freedom

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0547
Item
2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0685
Item
11 May 2000

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City by the Mayor-President and fellow members of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Council

Freedom of select Cities and Boroughs in the United Kindom with 9 signatories in support of his resistance to Apartheid

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0866
Item
1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield Metropolitan District

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0870
Item
13 February 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of Kingston Upon Hull (usually referred to as Hull)

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0907
Item
6 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0909
Item
9 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of London

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1183
Item
10 July 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Oxford

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1271
Item
11 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1280
Item
27 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1295
Item
16 June 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Leeds as part of the celebrations marking the seventh anniversary of the end of apartheid

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1495
Item
30 April 2001

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela also rededicated the city's Mandela Garden, which first opened in 1983 in support of South Africa's struggle for equality

Honorary Freedom of the City of Salford

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1728
Item
30 November 2005

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bristol City Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1743
Item
2006

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Brent Council awarded Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the Borough in recognition of his lifelong connection with the borough

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-2006
Item
24 June 2013

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela addressed the Willesden Trades Council in 1962. The honour was supposed to have been conferred in April 1990 when Mandela visited Brent but it failed to get the necessary support. Hence this was only done in 2013.
See https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2019/01/i-am-pleased-to-kick-off-new-year-with.html

Honorary Freedom or the City of London

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0016
Item
Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Banquet programme that conferred the Honorary Freedom of the City of London to Mr Mandela, UK

Corporation of London

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0043
Item
Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the city, UK

City of Sheffield

Civitas Europae of the City of Brussels

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0218
Item
unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Burgess and Guild Brother of the City of Glasgow

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0434
Item
18 December 1980

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of the City of Glasgow upon Mr Mandela , United Kingdom

City of Glasgow

Honorary Citizenship of Rome

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0446
Item
February 1982

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of Olympia, the original site of the Olympic Games

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0453
Item
17 March 1983

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Turin

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0512
Item
17 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Scotland

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0513
Item
19 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the award of Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Scotland, upon Mr Mandela from the Midlothian District Council, UK

District Council of Midlothian

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Florence conferred by the Mayor of Florence

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0521
Item
28 October 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0522
Item
1985-10-31

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate naming Mr Mandela as an honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee, Scotland, UK

City of Dundee

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Villejuif

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0523
Item
24 November 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Siano

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0558
Item
27 September 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Livorno

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0577
Item
18 July 1987

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of nine municipalities: Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0581
Item
1988

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenen of Bologna

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0608
Item
September 1988

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Thionville

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0612
Item
31 October 1988

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Ivrea

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0627
Item
1989

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate conferring Honorary Citizenship to Nelson Mandela from the City of Torea

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0630
Item
12 April 1989

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Santa Teresa Gallura

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0770
Item
1991

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Guest of Mexico City

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0788
Item
31 July 1991

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award naming Mr Mandela a Guest of Honor in Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City

Honorary Citizen of the City of Macerata

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0864
Item
1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Belluno

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-1023
Item
1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship from Sindaco Maurizio Fistarof

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-1072
Item
25 July 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizen of Cesena

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-1535
Item
2002

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship from the City of Paris, France

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-1998
Item
25 March 2013

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award of the Order "Star of International Friendship" in gold by the German Democratic Republic

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-0490
Item
27 August 1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The award was handed over to OR Tambo during a ceremony in Berlin

Eduardo Mondlane Order - First Grade from the government of Mozambique

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-0604
Item
22 July 1988

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Ordem Eduardo Mondlane !i Grau from the Assembleia Popular da Republica Popular de Mozambique

Assembleia Popular da Republica Popular de Mocambique

Soka University Award of Highest Honour

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-0758
Item
31 October 1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award of Highest Honour of Soka University conferred upon Mr Mandela, Japan

Soka University

Order of Liberty, a national medal, recognizing Mr Mandela's service towards the cause of democracy and freedom from the government of Portugal

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-0854
Item
1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour from the Republic of France

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-0997
Item
28 December 1994

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Grand Croix de la Legion D'Honneur (Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour), France

French Republic

Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour from the Republic of France

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-0998
Item
28 December 1994

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of Merit , Honorary Member of the Order: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, O.M. By the British and Commonwealth Order by Queen Elizabeth II.

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1036
Item
21 March 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

By the British and Commonwealth Order by Queen Elizabeth II

Order of Prince Henry, a National Order of Knighthood from the Government of Portugal

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1094
Item
26 November 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of the Elephant bestowed by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1145
Item
18 February 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Apart from the regalia worn by the Knight, a shield carrying the name of the Knight is also placed in the Knights' Hall of the Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerod

Grand Cross of Merit Special Class from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1169
Item
21 May 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of Isabel the Catholic in the Class of Collar from the King of Spain

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1337
Item
15 February 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Knight of the Order of Golden Lion of House of Nassau from Luxembourg/the Netherlands

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1338
Item
10 March 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Queen's Coucil by Queen Elizabeth II

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1425
Item
3 May 2000

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate appointing Mandela as an Honorary Queen's Council by Queen Elizabeth II, UK

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom

Untitled

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1426
Item
3 May 2000

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John from the Queen of Great Brittain

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1618
Item
2004

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of St John from the United Kingdom

Queen of United Kingdom

Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John from Queen Elizabeth II

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1630
Item
2004

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of the Stara Planini First Degree from the government of Bulgaria

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1808
Item
12 June 2008

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award presented to Mr Mandela for his contribution to freedom and human rights, the fight against the regime of apartheid, and for the peaceful transition and establishment of democratic governance in the Republic of South Africa, Bulgaria

Republic of Bulgaria

Order of the Starra Planini

ZA COM MR-T-1-3-1844
Item
7 July 2009

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Received by Achmat Dangor, CEO of Nelson Mandela Foundation from Ambassador Volodya Neykov on behalf of Nelson Mandela for his contribution to freedom and human rights, the fight against the regime of apartheid

Peace Connection 2006 Award from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Center for Peace and Multi-ethnic Cooperation, Mostar

ZA COM MR-T-1-4-0010
Item
Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

"Peace Connection 2006" Mostar Trophy awarded to Mr Mandela, Bosnia and Herzegowina

Bosnia and Herzegovina Center for Peace and Miltiethnic Cooperation Mostar

Seal of Peace from the Florentine Republic from 1400 AD from the City of Florence

ZA COM MR-T-1-4-0018
Item
undated

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Silver medal from Florence, Italy: Libertatis - Pax et Defensio - medal from 1400 from the Florentine Republic bring the message of hope and freedom, Italy

City of Florence

Brotherhood of Venoge Champange 1837 medal