Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
	liberation of Warsaw
Presented by	Soviet Union
Eligibility	Citizens of the Soviet Union
Status	No longer awarded
Established	June 9, 1945
Total	701,700
	Ribbon of the Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR^[1] to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defence of the Soviet Union

.

Statute

The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was "awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and liberation of the city of Warsaw as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city".^[2]

Award of the medal was made on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the basis of documents attesting to actual participation in the liberation of Warsaw. Serving military personnel received the medal from their unit commander, retirees from military service received the medal from a regional, municipal or district military commissioner in the recipient's community.^[1]

The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other awards of the USSR, was located immediately after the

Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.^[3]

Description

The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal with a raised rim on the

obverse. On its obverse along the upper half of the medal's circumference, the relief inscription "FOR THE LIBERATION OF" (Russian: «ЗА ОСВОБОЖДЕНИЕ»), at the bottom, a relief five-pointed star radiating divergent rays upwards, superimposed over the rays, a ribbon bearing the relief inscription "WARSAW" (Russian: «ВАРШАВЫ»). On the reverse at the top, a relief plain five-pointed star over the relief date in three rows "17 JANUARY 1945" (Russian: «17 ЯНВАРЯ 1945»).^[1]

The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was secured by a ring through the metal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide blue silk

moiré ribbon with a 2mm yellow edge stripes and a 6mm wide central red stripe.^[1]

Recipients (partial list)

The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw".

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1945-06-09. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
^ "Direct citation from the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1945-06-09. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

External links

Legal Library of the USSR

[Warsaw-1] "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1945-06-09. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

[Warsawcite-2] "Direct citation from the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1945-06-09. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

[decree1099-3] "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

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Statute

Description

Recipients (partial list)

See also

References

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