Orders and medals were awarded in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (and later Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

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) between 1998 and 2006. Before the 1992 dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the Orders and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were awarded. Some of the old pre-1992 SFRY orders and medals were retained by FR Yugoslavia, while some new were established. Orders and medals of FR Yugoslavia were regulated by the Law on Decorations of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted on 4 December 1998. Between 1992 and 1998, no decorations were awarded in FR Yugoslavia.

All decorations were divided into four grades: orders, higher decorations, medals and commemorative medals.

Orders

	Order	Ribbon bar Ribbon bar Ribbon bars are small decorations that are worn by military, police, and fire service personnel or by civilians. Ribbon bars are mainly used when wearing either full decoration, or when wearing medals is considered inappropriate or impractical. Each military force has its own rules on what ribbons...	Rank overall	Number awarded
1.	Order of Yugoslavia		1
2.	Order of Yugoslav Star
	Yugoslav Great Star (I Rank)		2
	1st Class (II Rank)		7
	2nd Class (III Rank)		20
	3rd Class (IV Rank)		31
3.	Order of Freedom Order of Freedom Order of Freedom was the highest military decoration awarded in Yugoslavia, and the second highest Yugoslav state decoration after the Yugoslav Great Star. It was awarded to the commanders of large military units for skillful leadership and for the outstanding courage of the troops...		3	2
4.	Order of the People's Hero		4	1
5.	Order of the Yugoslav Flag
	1st Class		5
	2nd Class		18
	3rd Class		29
6.	Order of the War Banner Order of the War Banner Order of the War Banner was decoration of SFR Yugoslavia, 7th highest decoration. Order was founded by Presidency of People's Assembly on 29 December 1951...
	1st Class		6
	2nd Class		19
	3rd Class		30
7.	Order of Merits of FR Yugoslavia
	1st Class		8
	2nd Class		21
	3rd Class		32
8.	Order of the Victorious Sword
	1st Class		9
	2nd Class		22
	3rd Class		33
9.	Order of the Yugoslav Army
	1st Class		10
	2nd Class		23
	3rd Class		34
10.	Order of Nemanja
	1st Class		11
	2nd Class		24
	3rd Class		35
11.	Order of Njegoš
	1st Class		12
	2nd Class		25
	3rd Class		36
12.	Order of Vuk Karadžić
	1st Class		13
	2nd Class		26
	3rd Class		37
13.	Order of Tesla
	1st Class		14
	2nd Class		27
	3rd Class		38
14.	Order of Labor		15
15.	Order of Bravery		16
16.	Order of Merits in Defence and Security
	1st Class		17
	2nd Class		28
	3rd Class		39

Higher Decorations

Rank	Medal	Ribbon bar Ribbon bar Ribbon bars are small decorations that are worn by military, police, and fire service personnel or by civilians. Ribbon bars are mainly used when wearing either full decoration, or when wearing medals is considered inappropriate or impractical. Each military force has its own rules on what ribbons...	Number awarded
1	Medal of Obilić
2	Medal of Honor
3	Medal of Cvijić
4	Medal of the White Angel
5	Medal of Humanity

Medals

Rank	Medal	Ribbon bar Ribbon bar Ribbon bars are small decorations that are worn by military, police, and fire service personnel or by civilians. Ribbon bars are mainly used when wearing either full decoration, or when wearing medals is considered inappropriate or impractical. Each military force has its own rules on what ribbons...	Number awarded
1	State Long Service Medal
	40 years of service
	30 years of service
	20 years of service
	10 years of service
2	Defence and Security Long Service Medal
	40 years of service
	30 years of service
	20 years of service
	10 years of service
3	Medal of Merits in Education and Culture
	1st Class
	2nd Class
	3rd Class
4	Medal of Merits in Economy
	1st Class
	2nd Class
	3rd Class
5	Medal of Merits in Agriculture
	1st Class
	2nd Class
	3rd Class
6	Defense and Security Medal of Merit
7	Defense and Security Medal of Virtue

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• State decoration
  State decoration
  State decorations are orders, medals and other decorations granted by a state. International decorations are similar, but are not granted by a specific nation but rather an international organization....
  
  

External links

• Orders and medals of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Cintas de condecoraciones (www.coleccionesmilitares.com): REPÚBLICA FEDERAL DE YUGOSLAVIA
• Vreme
  Vreme
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  : Zakon o odlikovanjima - Kako se postaje narodni heroj?, 24 April 1999