Medal for Bravery

For other medals for bravery, see Medals for bravery.

Medal for Bravery

Awarded by the Yugoslavia
Eligibility	Soldiers of SFR Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav Partisans of World War II.
Awarded for	Extreme bravery in the line of duty
Status	No longer awarded
Statistics
Established	August 15, 1943^[1]
First awarded	1943
Last awarded	early 1990s
Total awarded	205,590
Ribbon of the Medal for Bravery

The Medal for Bravery (Serbo-Croatian: Медаља за Храброст, Macedonian: Медал за Xраброст) was a Yugoslav military award created in 1943 for achievements in the line of duty during World War II. It was initially awarded by the newly created Democratic Federal Yugoslavia for acts of courage in the war, while it was still raging. Once the war ended, Yugoslavia was in a time of peace from 1945 to 1991, being a founding nation of the Non-Aligned Movement, and therefore eligibility for the award included acts of bravery within the nation, thus rendering the medal not obsolete, and it was awarded until the Breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992.

References

↑ "Yugoslav WW2 Medals." Yugoslav WW2 Medals. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 May 2015.

Orders, decorations and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Orders	Order of the Yugoslav Star Order of Freedom Order of the People's Hero Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour Order of the People's Liberation Order of the War Banner Order of the Yugoslav Flag Order of the Partisan Star Order of the Republic Order of Merits for the People Order of Brotherhood and Unity Order of the People's Army Order of Labour Order of Military Merits Order of Bravery

Medals	Medal for Bravery Medal for Merits for the People Medal of Labour Medal for Military Merits Medal for Military Virtues Medal for Merits

Commemorative medals	Partisan Memorial "Death to fascism, freedom to the people" Medal "10 Years of Yugoslav Army" Medal "20 Years of Yugoslav Army" Medal "30 Years of Yugoslav Army" Medal "30 Years of Victory over Fascism" Medal "40 Years of Yugoslav People's Army" Medal "50 Years of Yugoslav Army" Medal Distinguished Marksman Medal Medal for the participants of President Tito's Visit to India and Burma of 1954-1955 Medals of the Association of Yugoslav Fighters in the International Brigades in Spain

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