THE BRAVERY MEDAL (1912) |
The Bravery Medal was instituted on 14 November
1912. It was awarded for acts of personal and conspicuous bravery in the
field at the time of the First Balkan War against the Ottoman Empire (in
1912). The Medal consisted of two Classes (Gold and Silver Medal, the design
of the later one being different from Gold Medal), and was bestowed during
a rather short period, after which it was substituted with another model.
The reason for the substitution was due to the fact that the obverse of
Gold Medal displayed an allegoric female effigy, a seemingly unacceptable
choice of design for a Bravery Medal according to the opinion of the rank
and file of the Serbian Army. The Gold Medal was worn on red ribbon, the
Silver one on the tricolor ribbon (red-blue-white, of equal width). Author
of the Medal was Djordje Jovanovic. |
