Until the creation of the order of kim il sung in 1972 the highest order of the democratic peoples republic of korea the onf was based on the awarding criteria of the soviet order of the badge of honour awards were present to those that exemplified themselves in the fields of science economics and teachings of socialist ideologies. The award system of the democratic peoples republic of korea north korea was initially created less than one month after the foundation of the republic during the years of japanese occupation of north korea many of the future leaders fled to the soviet union during world war ii many if not clo wikimili orders decorations and medals of north korea last updated february 28 2020 this . Following the 1949 establishment of the german democratic republic gdr the new state prohibited the wearing of all pre 1945 german decorations and created a new system of awards inspired in part by those of the ussr after german reunification in 1990 the wearing of east german decorations was not forbidden with the exception of those considered to be in breach of public order such as . Orders decorations and medals of the democratic peoples republic of korea william a boik isbn 970 0 615 19087 7 dbm press lc 6412 brandon ave 123 springfield va 22150 web site wwwdbmpresscomsoftcover 8 1 2 x 10 3 4 120 pages more than 300 color photos 2008 3795. This is a list of orders decorations and medals of the republic of china usually known as taiwan after 1949 this list is sorted in order of precedence of the highest grade of each award on a full military dress the honour sabre is a special case and is listed separately under military orders as per its official classification by the ministry of national defense