Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (obverse)
TypeCampaign medal
Awarded forParticipation in the liberation of Warsaw
Presented by Soviet Union
EligibilityCitizens of the Soviet Union
StatusNo longer awarded
EstablishedJune 9, 1945
Total701,700
Ribbon of the Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Reverse of the Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (‹See Tfd›Russian: Медаль «За освобождение Варшавы») was a World War II campaign medal of the military established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defence of the Soviet Union.

  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.