Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945

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The Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 was a Soviet World War II campaign medal awarded to military personnel and partisans who contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet medal
campaign medal
military decoration
approximateNumberAwarded 14000000
associatedEvent defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
associatedIdeology Soviet patriotism
awardedFor military service against Germany on the Eastern Front
participation in the Great Patriotic War
victory over Nazi Germany
awardedTo Soviet Internal Troops
surface form: NKVD troops

Red Army
surface form: Red Army personnel

Soviet Navy personnel
Soviet partisans
awardingAuthority Soviet military commissariats
Soviet unit commanders
campaign Eastern Front
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
campaignType victory medal
conflict World War II
surface form: Great Patriotic War

World War II
country Soviet Union
dateEstablished 1945-05-09
eligibility all ranks
both men and women
establishedBy Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
front Eastern Front
historicalEra Soviet era
languageOfInscription Russian
legalAct Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 9 May 1945
material brass
namedAfter victory over Germany
obverseDepicts bust of Joseph Stalin
obverseInscription OUR CAUSE IS JUST
WE HAVE WON
presentedBy Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces

Soviet partisan commands
relatedAward Medal for the Victory over Japan
Order of the Patriotic War
reverseFeature five-pointed star
reverseInscription FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941–1945
ribbonColor yellow
ribbonPattern black edge stripes
central black stripe
ribbonStripeColor black
shape circular
status no longer awarded
suspension pentagonal mount
theater European theatre of World War II
surface form: European theater of World War II

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Soviet system of orders, medals and titles includesMedal Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" relatedAward Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
this entity surface form: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 relatedAward Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Lyudmila Pavlichenko awardReceived Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
this entity surface form: Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal for the Victory over Japan relatedAward Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945