Order For Courage

Order For Courage
Order For Courage
Awarded by  Ukraine
Type	3 grade order
Eligibility	any individual
Awarded for	for an individual courage and heroism while rescuing people or valued materials while endangering own life
Status	issued
Statistics
Established	August 21, 1996
First awarded	August 22, 1996 (2nd and 3rd Class)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Next (lower)	Order of Princess Olga
Ribbon of the Order For Courage

The Order For Courage (Ukrainian: Орден «За мужність») is the Ukrainian award, first established by Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma on August 21, 1996.

Awards of the President of Ukraine For Courage

Before August, 1996, personal bravery had been honoured with Awards of the President of Ukraine For Courage: the Star For Courage and the Cross For Courage instituted on April 29, 1995. On August 21, 1996, they were transformed into three classes of the Order For Courage. Recipients of Awards of the President of Ukraine such as the Star for Courage and the Cross For Courage are considered to be equal to the recipients of the Order For Courage and they are recognised as holders of the Order For Courage retaining the right to wear decorations that have been granted. Granting the Star For Courage and the Cross For Courage was discontinued following the institution of the Order For Courage.

the Star For Courage (1995—1996)	the Cross For Courage (1995—1996)

Medals, star and ribbons of the Order For Courage

First Class		Second Class	Third Class
Ribbon

External links

• Laws of Ukraine «About the state awards of Ukraine»
• State award of Ukraine – Order For Courage
• Order For Courage