Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"

The medal " For the Defense of Stalingrad (Russian Медаль " За оборону Сталинграда ") was a Soviet award during the Second World War during the Battle of Stalingrad, which resulted in the successful defense of the city of Stalingrad by the Red Army. Your foundation took place on December 22, 1942 by Josef Stalin. The award was presented to all those members of the Red Army who were involved between 12 July and 19 November 1942, to the defense of Stalingrad honorable. As of 1995, the medal was awarded to nearly 760,000 people.

Stylish look and manner

The bronze medal shows on its obverse center a closed series of Red Army soldiers with front-facing bayonets and tanks and planes behind which flies the flag of the Soviet Union. It is semi-circular, the inscription: За оборону Сталинграда ( For the defense of Stalingrad ) to read. Between the word defense and Stalingrad Soviet star is impressed. The reverse shows the three-line inscription: За 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 ground color is light green with a vertical woven red center stripe. The accompanying interim clasp is of the same nature.