Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
The medal "For the Liberation of Prague" ( Russian Медаль "За освобождение Праги" ) was a Soviet award during the Second World War in the course of the Prague operation , which also led to the conquest of Prague by the Red Army . It was founded by Josef Stalin in 1945. The award was made to all those members of the Red Army who were involved in the liberation of Prague from May 3 to 9, 1945. As of 1995, the medal had been awarded to 400,000 people.
Appearance and wearing style
The bronze-colored medal shows on its obverse two open, quarter-circle-shaped laurel branches that are crossed at the bottom and curved upwards and are connected by a Soviet star at their lower point of intersection . A bright sun rises between the bent laurel branches. The upper edge of the medal is determined by the semicircular inscription: За освобождение (For the Liberation) and the horizontal inscription below: Праги (Prags). The reverse bears the three-line inscription: 9 / MAЯ / 1945 , the date of the final capture of Prague. A Soviet star is also shown below.
The medal was worn on the upper left side of the chest of the borrower on an elongated pentagonal fabric-covered clasp, the basic color of which is purple. A blue central stripe is woven vertically into this band. The associated interim brace is of the same quality.
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 .
Web links
- Медаль "За освобождение Праги" - award, description, images of the medal and award certificates (Russian)