Obilić Medal

The Obilić Medal (Serbian: Обилића медаља) or Medal for Bravery "Miloš Obilić" was a medal established by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš as the highest military decoration in Montenegro, based on the cult of national hero Miloš Obilić.[1]

Medal for Bravery "Miloš Obilić"
CountryPrince-Bishopric of Montenegro
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Established1847
Not to be confused with Medal for Bravery (Serbia).

The official name of the medal was the Medal for Bravery "Miloš Obilić" but it was known as Obilić Medal.[2]

It was established in 1847 and granted to soldiers for the acts of great personal courage, or for personal courage demonstrated on the battlefield, prepared for the movement for liberation and revenge of the Kosovo Battle.[3] Another reason for introduction of this medal by Njegoš was his wish to make warfare against the Ottomans more civilized (to replace customary collection and exhibition of body parts of killed Muslim enemies).[4]

Milan Rešetar was first of many authors who published his belief that the face of Miloš Obilić found on the Medal depicts Njegoš himself.[5]

In 1847, Njegoš decorated Count Grujica (Serbian: Кнез Грујица) with golden Obilić Medal shortly before he died and was buried in front of Vlach Church on Cetinje.[6]

References
  1. 100 najznamenitijih Srba. Princip. 1993. p. 57. Али највећу славу Милош Обилић стекао је у Црној Гори. Тамо је стекао култ националног хероја. Петар Петровић Његош установио је Медаљу Обилића за храброст. То је највеће војничко одликовање у Црној Гори.
  2. Vojska. Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar. 1996. p. 32.
  3. Bulletin du Musée etnographique de Cétigné. Muzej. 1963. p. 296. „Обилићеву медаљу" је Његош спремио за ослободилачки покрет, који је имао да освети Косово".58 Оваква композиција ... Међутим, не треба гу- бити из вида да је Обилића медаља основана као највише одлико- вање за показано јунаштво још 1847, ...
  4. (Durković-Jakšić 1974, p. 83)
  5. Историски записи. с.н. 1957. p. 289.
  6. (Lopičić 1973, p. 487)

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