Order of the People's Liberation

Order of the People's Liberation

Order with a ribbon
Country SFR Yugoslavia
Type Order
Eligibility Participitans of the People's Liberation War
Awarded for Outstanding contribution in organizing and directing the uprising and the creation and development of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Campaign Yugoslav Front
Status Dissolved
Statistics
Established 15 August 1943
Total awarded 262
Distinct
recipients
Josip Broz Tito
Edvard Kardelj
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
Next (lower) Order of the War Banner

The Order of the People's Liberation (Serbo-Croatian: Orden narodnog oslobođenja; Орден народног ослобођеља) was a decoration of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, the fifth highest decoration in the series of Yugoslav decorations. The order was founded by Josip Broz Tito on 15 August 1943. It was awarded for "outstanding contribution in organizing and directing the uprising and the creation and development of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". It was designed by famous Croatian scupltor Antun Augustinčić in 1945. It is in the form of a badge worn on the left of the chest.

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