WW2 1943-1991 YUGOSLAVIA MEDAL FOR BRAVERY ARMY AIR FORCE

Description

36mm wide circular gilt bronze medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the head and shoulders of a uniformed partisan soldier facing left, his right hand holding a rifle; the reverse with a five-pointed star centrally within a laurel wreath, circumscribed above ‘ZA HRABROST’ (for bravery); generally good overall on correct mounted  ribbon.

The Medal was instituted on 15 August 1943, and revised in 1945, to be awarded to both partisans and civilians in peace and wartime for acts of bravery. It was cancelled in 1991.