Golden Weapon for Bravery

Golden Weapon for Bravery
Golden Weapon for Bravery;
Awarded by Russian Empire ;
Type	Military order
Established	7 August 1720
Eligibility	Top and senior military officers
Awarded for	Distinction in combat
Statistics
Total inductees	more than 13,000
	; ;

The Gold Sword for Bravery (Russian: Золотое оружие "За храбрость") was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the Saint George Sword (Георгиевское оружие) and considered one of the grades of the Order of St. George.

Gallery[edit]

Field marshal Friedrich W. Rembert von Berg with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Tsar Alexander II of Russia with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Tsar Alexander III of Russia with the Gold Sword for Bravery
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Gold Sword for Bravery

Select recipients[edit]

General Alexander von Kaulbars
Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov
Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov
General Mikhail Drozdovsky
General Pyotr Bagration
Field Marshal Peter Wittgenstein
Field Marshal Ivan Paskevich
Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch
Admiral Alexander Menshikov
General Mikhail Gorchakov
Field Marshal Mikhail Vorontsov
General Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky
General Vasili Bebutov
Field Marshal Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg
General Yegor Tolstoy
Tsar Alexander II
General Aleksey Brusilov
General Dmitry Nadyozhny
General Anton Denikin
Admiral Alexander Kolchak
Admiral Pyotr Kitkin
Tsar Alexander III
General Ilya Duka
General Mikhail Miloradovich
General Mikhail Drozdovsky
General Georgi Emmanuel
General Peter von Wrangel
Major General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (later Marshal and President of Finland)
General Anatoly Pepelyayev
General Anton Turkul
General Maciej Sulkiewicz
General Ghubaidulla Genghis-Khan
Major General Asad-bey Talyshkhanov
Colonel Kazimir Karlovich Kamprad,^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ Шабанов, В. М. Военный орден Святого Великомученика и Победоносца Георгия.
^ Исмаилов, Э. Э. (2007). Золотое оружие с надписью «За храбрость». Списки кавалеров 1788—1913. Старая Басманная. p. 544. ISBN 978-5-903473-05-2.
^ ""Георгиевские кавалеры"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ Газета Русскій инвалидъ. № 194. 21.7.1916 на сайте «Старые газеты»

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[1] Шабанов, В. М. Военный орден Святого Великомученика и Победоносца Георгия.

[2] Исмаилов, Э. Э. (2007). Золотое оружие с надписью «За храбрость». Списки кавалеров 1788—1913. Старая Басманная. p. 544. ISBN 978-5-903473-05-2.

[3] ""Георгиевские кавалеры"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

[РИ-4] Газета Русскій инвалидъ. № 194. 21.7.1916 на сайте «Старые газеты»

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