North Korea Order of the 40th Anniversary of DPRK  Item# 0024  
Established: May 24, 1968
From the Rodong Sinmun (Labor News), May 25, 1968:

Decree of the Standing Committee, Supreme People's Congress, DPRK
Establishment of the Order of the
20th Anniversary Commemoration of the Founding of the DPRK
The Standing Committee, Supreme People's Congress, DPRK has decided on the following in memory of the foundation of the DPRK, the real people's political power founded by comrade Kim II Sung, who inherited the glorious revolutionary traditions in the armed struggle against Japan, and gives state- class commendations to the working personnel in government offices, working organizations, national economic organizations and social associations, who make great contributions in the course of carrying out the strategies and policies of the Workers' Party.
1. To establish the Order of the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the Founding of the DPRK.
2. To acknowledge the attached document concerning the stipulations for the Order of the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the Founding of the DPRK.
3. To acknowledge the attached document concerning the description for the Order of the 20th Anniversary Commemoration of the Founding of the DPRK.
Chairman of the Standing Committee Supreme
People's Congress, DPRK,  Chur Yong Gon
Secretary of the Standing Committee Supreme
People's Congress, DPRK, Beg Mun Gu
May 24, 1968
Pyongyang