Medal - For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Medal - For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
€434,346.00
Location
Soviet Union
Year
1945
Type
Award medals/Military
awards
Composition
Brass
Weight
Diameter
32 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round with a loop
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Notice
E.M. Romanov, I.K. Andriyanov
Reference(s)
Obverse description
On the obverse, the left profile bust of Joseph Stalin in the uniform of a Marshal of the Soviet Union, along the upper circumference of the medal, the relief inscription `OUR CAUSE IS RIGHTEOUS` (Russian: НАШЕ ДЕЛО ПРАВОЕ; NASHE DELO PRAVOE), along the lower circumference of the medal, the relief inscription `WE ARE VICTORIOUS` (Russian: МЫ ПОБЕДИЛИ; MI POBEDILI).
Obverse lettering
НАШЕ ДЕЛО ПРАВОЕ
МЫ ПОБЕДИЛИ (Translation: OUR CAUSE IS RIGHTEOUS WE ARE VICTORIOUS)
Obverse script
Cyrillic
Reverse description
On the reverse, at the bottom, a small five pointed star, along the medal circumference, the relief inscription `FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY` (Russian: «ЗА ПОБЕДУ НАД ГЕРМАНИЕЙ»), in the center, the relief inscription on three rows `IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941–45 (Russian: «В ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЕ 1941—1945 ГГ.»)
Reverse lettering
ЗА ПОБЕДУ НАД ГЕРМАНИЕЙ
В ВЕЛИКОЙ
ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЕ
1941—1945 гг.
(Translation: For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945)