August 1 Medal (1955)
The August 1 Medal, sometimes known as the Order of Bayi, was a Chinese military award awarded to heroes of the Liberation of China during the Chinese Civil War, that started on August 1, 1927. There are three grades: First Class, Second Class, and Third Class.
Pattern
[Service Ribbon]
Notable recipients
- Ten Marshals: Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, He Long, Chen Yi, Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying.
- Ten Senior Generals: Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang, Zhang Yunyi, Luo Ruiqing, Wang Shusheng, Xu Guangda.
- General officer: Song Renqiong, Wang Zhen, Xu Shiyou, etc.
- Lieutenant general: Kong Qingde, Wang Jinshan, Wang Shangrong, etc.
- Major general: Han Dongshan, Jin Rubai, Sun Chaoqun, Yang Yongsong, etc.
- Senior colonel: Zhou Shiyuan, Luo Houfu, and Xing Shixiu.
- Soldiers: Feng Baiju, Feng Zhongyun, Li Yanlu, and Zhou Baozhong.