Order of Victory
The Soviet Victory Medal (Russian Орден " Победа " / order " Pobeda ") was the highest military order of merit of the USSR.
The einklassige Order was founded on November 8, 1943 by the Soviet government under Joseph Stalin and was only allowed to highest military of the Soviet Army and to foreign commander in chief and heads of state for successful military operations that led to the advantage of the Soviet army and made a significant contribution to the victory are awarded. Repeated ceremony was possible, but only three cases are known, among other things, to Stalin himself
Order star
The religious character was a rounded star of platinum, which was lined with a composed of five rubies five-pointed red star. The central medallion of the red star was in front of a blue background a part of the wall of the Kremlin with the Savior tower and the Lenin Mausoleum, framed on the left by a wreath of laurel and part on the right side by a wreath of oak leaves part. About the tower floated the inscription "CCCP" and under it the inscription " ПОБЕДА " ( victory ). The rays of the religious star and the whole edge of the red star was with about 150 diamonds covered ( together about 16 carats).
Only 19-20 ceremonies are known ( the 20th ceremony of Brezhnev was later annulled ), of which 14 to Soviet marshals, three of whom received the Medal twice. The remaining five Teutonic Knights were foreign military or heads of state.