Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
The medal “50 Years of the Soviet Militia” ( Russian Юбилейная медаль “50 лет советской милиции” ) was an award from the former Soviet Union . It was donated on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet militia on November 20, 1967. It was awarded to selected members of the militia and employees of other state authorities who were subordinate to the militia.
The 32 mm diameter medal made of a copper-nickel alloy shows on its obverse a Soviet star resting on two crossed oak leaves. In front of the star is a sign with the inscription: 50 лет (50 years). The reverse of the medal shows the three-line inscription: советской милиции 1917-1967 (Soviet militia 1917-1967) and the inscription: В ознаменование пятидесятой годовщины (commemorating the fiftieth anniversary). The medal was worn on the left chest of the borrower on a pentagonal red clasp with a blue hem. Four further blue vertical central stripes are woven in the middle of this band, the two inner stripes of which are 1 mm wide. The interim clasp is of the same quality. 409,150 medals were awarded.
literature
- Dietrich Herfurth: Military Awards of the USSR. Recordings by Jean Molitor. Military publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-327-00294-0 .
