Order "For Personal Courage"

The Order "For Personal Courage" was established by Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 28, 1988.

This decoration could be 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 award was designed by Alexander Zhuk [ru] and represents a silver gilded silver star with the words "For Personal Courage" and "USSR" written on it.

42 in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz) Natalia Vladimirovna Efimova.

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Junior Sergeant B. Mazurov, left, of the Tula Guards 106th Airborne Division, who distinguished himself in Afghanistan, being awarded the Order for Personal Courage