Golden Weapon for Bravery
The Gold Sword for Bravery (Russian: Золотое оружие «За храбрость») was a Russian Empire 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 as one of the grades of the Order of St. George.
Select recipients
- General Alexander Von Kaulbars
- Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov
- Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov
- 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
- General Ilya Duka
- General Mikhail Miloradovich
- General Georgi Emmanuel
- General Peter von Wrangel
- Major General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (later Marshal and President of Finland)
- General Anatoly Pepelyayev
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