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Order of Independence and Freedom
Order of Independence and Freedom
Traditional Chinese	獨立自由勳章
Simplified Chinese	独立自由勋章
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dúlì Zìyóu Xūnzhāng

Order of Independence and Freedom
Order of Independence and Freedom
	Order of Independence and Freedom (First Class Medal)
Type	Chinese military medal
Country	People's Republic of China
Presented by	Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Eligibility	Military personnel only
Established	1955
First awarded	1955
Last awarded	1955
Total	196 (First Class Medal); 4,152 (Second Class Medal); 31,098 (Third Class Medal)

Order of Independence and Freedom (Chinese: 独立自由勋章; pinyin: Dúlì Zìyóu Xūnzhāng) was a military award from the People's Republic of China. It was created in 1955, to give recognition to men who distinguished themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity" in combat with an enemy of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War.^[1]^[2] There are three grades: First Class, Second Class, and Third Class.^[3]