The Order of the War Banner (Serbo-Croatian: Orden ratne zastave / Орден ратне заставе, Macedonian: Орден на военото знаме, Slovene: Red vojne zastave) was a military order of honor and the 7th highest state decoration of the both Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and Serbia and Montenegro (also known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

The Order of the War Banner It was founded by the Presidency of People's Assembly on 29 December 1951, with one class.

The results of the competition were published in Politika on 27 August 1953, and the winner was Grigorij Samojlov, an architect from Belgrade.

From its establishment in 1951 until 1984, there were 209 recipients of the order; 204 were Yugoslav citizens, and the remaining five were Soviet generals (who were all awarded in 1964).

The inscription on the badge was slightly altered, so now it read "За слободу и независност отаџбине" (For the freedom and independence of the motherland).