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.

See also

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

Sources

• Opća enciklopedija. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod. Zagreb. 1980. (Croatian)
• Prister, Boris. Odlikovanja. Povijesni muzej hrvatske. Zagreb. 1984. (Croatian)