Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

The medal "40 Years of the USSR Armed Forces " (Russian Юбилейная медаль " 40 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР ") was an award of the Soviet Union, which was founded on 18 December 1957 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces in one stage. The award was presented to all military ranks of the army, as well as military personnel retired. Likewise, the medal were also members of the Ministry of PUBLiC order and security of the USSR and Red Guards.

The 32 mm by measuring gold medal in brass shows on their obverse the left -looking head bust of Lenin, whose lower half is flanked by two branches. The left branch consists of oak and the right branch of Lorbeerblätern that intersect in the center. About the crossroads of the year is to read 40. The reverse of the coin shows on the other hand within the circumscription: В ОЗНАМЕНОВАНИЕ сороковой годовщины ( To commemorate the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of ) the four-line inscription: Вооруженных / сил / СССР / 1918 - to read 1958 ( Fifty Years Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ). This is to see a Soviet star. Were worn the medal on the left side of the chest Beliehenen to a pentagonal gray clasp whose hemline is kept in red. In addition, two vertical red bar means are centrally woven. The Interim clasp is of the same nature. It 820 080 medals were awarded.