- Time Period: Post-WW2
- Year of Institution: 28 December 1988
- Country: Russia & USSR
The Order for Personal Courage (or Орден «За личное мужество», Orden «Za lichnoe muzhestvo» in Russian) was established on 28 December 1988 and awarded to any USSR citizen showing outstanding courage and bravery during life-saving, keeping of public order and safeguard of State property, as well as for fighting crime, environmental catastrophes, and other exceptional events.
The order was first awarded on February 3, 1989, to a teacher of school No. 42 in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz) Natalia Vladimirovna Efimova. Her class was taken hostage and later freed in a police operation.
The Order for Personal Courage Design
The award was designed by Alexander Zhuk and represents a silver gilded silver star with the words «За личное мужество» (“For Personal Courage”) and CCCP (“USSR”) written on it.
Many medals were made but were mostly unissued.
The ribbon is red with three thin white lines on each side.
