Broken Cornflower badge
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The Broken Cornflower badge (Estonian: Murtud Rukkilille märk) is a badge given by the Estonian Minister of Justice to persons repressed by the occupying regimes or persons equated a repressed person,[1] in particular the ones repressed during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. It was introduced by President Lennart Meri in 2001 and the procedure of issuing the badges was formalized in 2004. The badge gives no additional preferences or benefits.[2]