Order of Admiral Ri Sun-sin ( ko, 리순신장군훈장) is an award named for famous Korean naval leader
Yi Sun-sin. It was given to
Korean People's Navy
The Korean People's Army Naval Force (KPANF; Korean: 조선인민군 해군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 海軍; ''Chosŏn-inmingun Haegun''; ) or the Korean People's Navy (KPN), is the naval service branch of the Korean People's Army, which contain ...
personnel of
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
at least during the
Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
.
There are two grades of the award.
Order of Admiral Ri Sun-sin First Class (), and Order of Admiral Ri Sun-sin Second Class ().
History
The second class of this award was given 22 times during the Korean War while the first class version was not given.
The award has been assumed to have been discontinued at an unknown date. Photographic evidence indicated the award was given for some years after the war, as a medal with serial number 113 exists.
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Further reading
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Orders, decorations, and medals of North Korea
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