Order of Bravery

Royal Order of Bravery Царски Орден за храброст
Awarded by The King of the Bulgarians
Type	Dynastic Order
Royal house	House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
Religious affiliation	Bulgarian Orthodox
Ribbon	Light Blue with Silver Stripes on either side.
Eligibility	Bulgarian and Foreign Military Personnel
Awarded for	Bravery, heroism and feats on the battlefield
Status	Unconstituted
Sovereign	King Simeon II
Grades	Knight Grand Cross with Chain Knight Grand Officer, Special Class Knight Grand Officer Knight Commander, Special Class Knight Commander Knight Officer, 1st Class Knight Officer Knight, Special Class Knight Gold Cross, Special Class Gold Cross Silver Cross, Special Class Silver Cross
Statistics
Established	1 January 1880 1880 - 1946 (National Order) 1946 - present (House Order)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Royal Order of Saint Alexander
Next (lower)	Royal Order of Civil Merit Royal Order of Military Merit
The ribbon of the Order

Order of Bravery Поръчка на храброст
The Grand Officer's Medal of the Order
Awarded by The President of Bulgaria
Type	State Order
Religious affiliation	Bulgarian Orthodox
Ribbon	Blue
Eligibility	Civil, Military
Awarded for	Awarded for Bravery and heroism for the Bulgarian state and society
Status	Currently awarded
Grand Master	President Rosen Plevneliev
Grades	Grand Officer Commander Officer
Statistics
Established	1 January 1880 1880 - 1946 (Royal National Order) 29 May 2003 (Reestablished Republic Order)
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Madara Horseman
Next (lower)	Merit Medal
The ribbon of the Order

The Order of Bravery (Bulgarian: Орден за Храброст) is a Bulgarian order during the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria. It is the most esteemed Bulgarian order and the second highest in the Kingdom of Bulgaria and fourth highest in the Republic of Bulgaria. It exists since 1880 with interruption between 1946 and 2003.

The Order of Bravery was established with a decree of Knyaz Alexander Batenberg on 1 January 1880. It is the first Bulgarian order and was modeled after the Order of Military Merit of the Grand Duchy of Hesse which existed to 1866. The recipients of the order are called cavaliers. The order was one of the many violations of the Treaty of Berlin with which Bulgaria demonstrated full independence although the country was deprived of high state decorations - symbols of national independence.

The head of state and the heir to the throne were cavaliers by right to Military Order of Bravery I grade and Military Order of Bravery IV grade respectively. Due to his great respect to the order Tsar Boris III never put on the Order of Bravery I grade and the Grand cross but only the Order of Bravery III grade, 2nd class received during the First Balkan War (1912-1913); the Order of Bravery III grade, 1st class received during the First World War (1915-1918) and the Order of Bravery IV grade, 1st class which he received by right as an heir in 1894.

The order was first awarded on 17 April 1880 when 33 participants in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) received the order. Several days later on 24 April (6 May NS, the Day of St George), the order was awarded for the first time to a civilian person.