Order of Glory

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Soviet order military decoration

The Order of Glory was a Soviet military decoration awarded during World War II to non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel for acts of bravery and heroism in combat.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Order of Glory canonical 1
Order of Glory 1st class 1
Order of Glory 2nd class 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet order ⓘ
military decoration ⓘ
awardedFor bravery in combat ⓘ
heroism in combat ⓘ
awardingAuthority Soviet armed forces ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
campaign World War II ⓘ
surface form: Great Patriotic War
classSystem recipients normally progressed from 3rd to 2nd to 1st class ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Soviet Union ⓘ
criteria personal courage under enemy fire ⓘ
successful completion of combat missions with risk to life ⓘ
dateEstablished 1943-11-08 ⓘ
decorativeElement Kremlin tower depiction on the medallion ⓘ
eligibility enlisted personnel ⓘ
junior lieutenants of aviation ⓘ
junior sergeants ⓘ
non-commissioned officers ⓘ
privates ⓘ
sergeants ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
establishedBy Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
firstAwarded 1943 ⓘ
hasPart Order of Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Glory 1st class

Order of Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Glory 2nd class

Order of Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of Glory 3rd class
inscription "СЛАВА" ("Glory") on the obverse ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
lastAwarded after 1945 ⓘ
material gold for 1st class badge ⓘ
silver ⓘ
modeledAfter Order of St. George ⓘ
namedAfter military glory ⓘ
orderOfPrecedence 1st class highest ⓘ
3rd class lowest ⓘ
postNominals "OG" (informal Latin-script abbreviation) ⓘ
primaryRecipients Red Army soldiers ⓘ
Soviet Air Force personnel ⓘ
relativeRank roughly equivalent in prestige to the Order of the Patriotic War for NCOs and enlisted men ⓘ
reverseInscriptionLanguage Russian ⓘ
ribbonColor black and orange ⓘ
ribbonPattern alternating black and orange stripes ⓘ
RussianName Орден Славы ⓘ
shape five-pointed star ⓘ
status no longer awarded ⓘ
symbolism colors of the Ribbon of Saint George ⓘ
type three-class order ⓘ
wearingStyle worn on the left side of the chest ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet system of orders, medals and titles → topOrder → Order of Glory ⓘ
Order of Glory → hasPart → Order of Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Glory 1st class
Order of Glory → hasPart → Order of Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Glory 2nd class
Order of Glory → hasPart → Order of Glory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Glory 3rd class