Name | Description | Award Recipients | Date Announced | ||
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Highest decoration awarded by the soviet union | |||||
The Order of the Red Banner was the first Soviet military decoration. | August 1, 1924 | ||||
highest title of the USSR awarded to Soviet citizens and foreigners for heroic acts | April 16, 1934 | ||||
Heroic deeds during the Great Patriotic War, later awarded to all surviving veterans of the war. | May 20, 1942 | ||||
The medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" was established by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces on May 9, 1945. The authors of the medal are artists I. Ya. Romanov and I. K. Andrianov. | May 9, 1945 | ||||
French military decoration |