Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

The medal "50 Years of the USSR Armed Forces " (Russian Юбилейная медаль " 50 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР ") was an award of the Soviet Union, which was founded on December 29, 1967 to mark the 50th 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 37 mm by measuring gold medal in brass shows on their obverse a red Soviet star in the inset 19 mm by measuring the medallion heads of two Rotarmisen are seen. The back symbolizes the start time and the front left of 1968., And right of the two heads to read the annual figures of the Red Army from 1918 to 1968. The Red Star is resting here in front of a jet formations and is enclosed by two crossed curved bottom upwards laurel branches. The reverse of the coin shows a five-pointed star with rounded tips, in which the symbol of a hammer and a plow are embedded. Among the three-line inscription: Пятьдесят Лет / Вооруженных сил / CCCP to read ( Fifty Years Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ). Were worn the medal on the left side of the chest Beliehenen to a pentagonal blue clip in the middle of a white-red -white-red - white center stripe is woven. The Interim clasp is of the same nature. It 9.52727 million medals were awarded.