Medal "For the Defence of Kiev"

The medal " For the Defense of Kiev (Russian Медаль " За оборону Киева ") was a Soviet award, which was awarded to the defense of the city of Kiev during the battle of Kiev of the Second World War involved. Your foundation, but was only on 21 June in 1961 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the German invasion; as a result about 180,000 medal were issued.

Stylish look and manner

The bronze medal shows on its obverse center, the building of the Verkhovna Rada with the waving flag. Prior marched a number of people whose order viewed from the front begins with a Red Army soldier, closely followed by a Marine, a worker and a peasant woman, striding with attached bayonet westward. Enclosed is the presentation of the above inscription: За оборону Киевa ( For the defense of Kiev ) and two at the bottom crossed laurel branches, which are connected in the middle by a Soviet star. The reverse shows the three-line inscription: За нашy советскую родину ( For our Soviet Motherland ).

Was driven medal at the upper left side of the chest Beliehenen of an elongated pentagonal fabric-covered clasp, whose color is light green. In this band a vertical red and blue stripes is centrally woven, with the red stripe part is kept slightly wider. The accompanying interim clasp is of the same nature.