Award Description
The Order of Courage is a vaulted 40 mm wide silver cross pattée with rounded ends. The outer rim of both the obverse and reverse are embossed. At the center of the obverse is the State Emblem of the Russian Federation. Embossed rays extend outwards from the center to the outer rim in each of the crosse's four arms' obverse. In the center of the reverse, the relief inscription in stylized Russian Cyrillic «МУЖЕСТВО» meaning "COURAGE". On the reverse of the lower cross arm, an "N" in relief and a horizontal line reserved for the award serial number, under the line, a maker's mark.
The badge of the Order of Courage hangs from a standard Russian pentagonal mount with a ring through its suspension loop. The mount is covered by an overlapping 24 mm wide red silk moiré ribbon with 2 mm white edge stripes.
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