Medal for Victory over
Germany
Established May 9,
1945. It was awarded to all service men and civilians who
took part in action on the battlefronts of The Great Patriotic
War. The award consists of a 34mm brass medal with the bust
of Stalin in the center and the inscription "Our cause is
just" around the bust on the obverse. The reverse of
the award has the inscription "For Victory Over Germany in
the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". The medal is suspended
by a ribbon that was taken from the Czarist Order of St. George
consisting of three 5mm black stripes separated by two 5mm orange
stripes with a 2mm orange stripe on each edge of the ribbon. Over
1,400,000 were awarded.
