Medal "For Courage" (Russia)

The medal " For Bravery " (Russian Медаль « За отвагу ") was first a Soviet award which was instituted on 18 October 1936. Your new edition takes place on 2 March 1994. Since you apply as an award of Russia. The awarding of the medal is presented ( e) thereby to members of the Soviet and Russian armed forces, mainly from the Army, Navy, Border Troops, and Internal Troops, and in exceptional cases to civilians for personal bravery in the defense of the fatherland. In the Soviet- Finnish Winter War, the medal about 26,000 times, was awarded during the Great Patriotic War 1941 to 1945 about 4 million times.

Stylish look and manner

The silver medal with a diameter of 37 mm shows on their obverse type of a tank KV-2 (but as a special version with double tube) and westward in the sky flying three aircraft. In between is the three-line deepened embossed and red painted inscription За / отвагу / CCCP ( For / bravery / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ). The reverse, however, is smooth and shows a stamped award number.

It is supported medal at the upper left side of the chest Beliehenen of an elongated pentagonal fabric-covered clasp ground color is gray. His collar is light blue. The accompanying interim clasp is of the same nature. The look of today's medal has been virtually unchanged, only the inscription CCCP has been erased from the obverse.