Medal "For the capture of Berlin"
The medal “For the capture of Berlin” ( Russian Медаль “За взятие Берлина” ) was a Soviet award in connection with the Battle of Berlin in World War II , which ended with the conquest of Berlin by the Red Army . The medal was donated by Josef Stalin in 1945. It was awarded to all those members of the Red Army who were involved in the capture of Berlin.
Appearance and wearing style
The bronze-colored medal shows on its obverse two open, quarter-circle-shaped and open laurel branches that are crossed at the bottom and curved upwards and connected with a loop at their lower point of intersection. In the middle of the medal is the three-line inscription ЗА / ВЗЯТИЕ / БЕРЛИНА (For the capture of Berlin), above which a Soviet star can be seen. The reverse shows the three-line inscription 2 / MAЯ / 1945 (May 2, 1945), the date of the capture of Berlin. 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 red. A black-yellow-black-yellow-black central stripe is woven vertically into this band, which also has a 1 mm wide yellow hem. 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 .
