Medal for the Victory over Japan

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Soviet military decoration military campaign medal

The Medal for the Victory over Japan was a Soviet World War II campaign medal awarded to Red Army and Navy personnel who participated in the defeat of Imperial Japan in 1945.

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Label	Occurrences
Medal for the Victory over Japan canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet military decoration ⓘ military campaign medal ⓘ
awardedFor	direct participation in combat operations against Japan ⓘ participation in the defeat of Imperial Japan in 1945 ⓘ service in operational theaters against Japan ⓘ
awardedTo	NKVD troops ⓘ Red Army personnel ⓘ Soviet Navy personnel ⓘ
awardingAuthority	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
awardingPeriod	post-1945 ⓘ
campaign	Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese War
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dateEstablished	September 30, 1945 ⓘ
designer	Nikolai Moskalev NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibility	Soviet citizens ⓘ all ranks ⓘ both officers and enlisted personnel ⓘ foreign nationals serving in Soviet forces ⓘ
establishedBy	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
historicalContext	instituted after the Soviet declaration of war on Japan in August 1945 ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Russian ⓘ
material	brass ⓘ
militaryBranch	Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ surface form: NKVD Internal Troops Red Army ⓘ Soviet Navy ⓘ
obverseFeature	relief bust of Joseph Stalin in marshal’s uniform ⓘ
obverseInscription	"МЫ ПОБЕДИЛИ" (We have won) ⓘ "НАШЕ ДЕЛО ПРАВОЕ" (Our cause is just) ⓘ
presentedBy	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
region	East Asia ⓘ surface form: Far East
relatedAward	Medal for the Capture of Berlin ⓘ Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw ⓘ Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 ⓘ
reverseFeature	five-pointed star ⓘ hammer and sickle emblem ⓘ
reverseInscription	"ЗА ПОБЕДУ НАД ЯПОНИЕЙ" (For the Victory over Japan) ⓘ
ribbonColor	yellow ⓘ
ribbonPattern	central black stripe with black edge stripes on yellow field ⓘ
ribbonStripeColor	black ⓘ
shape	circular ⓘ
status	no longer awarded ⓘ
suspension	pentagonal mount ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Korea ⓘ Kuril Islands ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ Sakhalin Island ⓘ surface form: South Sakhalin
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era

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Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 → relatedAward → Medal for the Victory over Japan ⓘ