Order of National Liberation
TypeOrder
Awarded forOutstanding contribution in organizing and directing the uprising and the creation and development of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Country Yugoslavia
EligibilityParticipants of the People's Liberation War
Campaign(s)World War II in Yugoslavia
StatusDissolved
Established15 August 1943
Total262
Ribbon of the order
Precedence
Next (higher)Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour
Next (lower)Order of the War Banner

The Order of National Liberation (Serbo-Croatian: Orden narodnog oslobođenja, Орден народног ослобођеља) was a decoration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the fifth-highest decoration in the series of Yugoslav decorations. The order was founded by Josip Broz Tito on 15 August 1943. It was awarded for "outstanding contribution in organizing and directing the uprising and the creation and development of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia". It was designed by Croatian sculptor Antun Augustinčić in 1945. It is in the form of a badge worn on the left of the chest.

Notable recipients were Josip Broz Tito, Edvard Kardelj, Aleksandar Ranković, Ivan Isakov and Klement Gottwald.

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