Order of Combat Valor, Type 1, Variation 2, #3718.

On October 17, 1945, the Presidium of the Mongolian State Lower Assembly created the Baildaani gay ’yaany odon (in transliteration from the Cyrillic Mongolian) most commonly translated into English (and in the standard reference book by Battushig) as the “Order of Combat
Valor” (though “Order of Military Merit” might well be a prefened translation, reflecting more accurately the standing and conditions of award for the order). Like all Mongolian awards as of that date it was a single-class order, roughly parallel to the Soviet Order of the Red
Star. The order was intended for award to soldiers, unit commanders, political officers, military units, and military schools ofthe Mongolian People’s Army for merit in the strengthening of defensive and combatant capabilities of Mongolia against both foreign and domestic enemies.