Medal "For the Defense of Sevastopol" (1942)
The medal "For the defense of Sevastopol" ( Russian Медаль "За оборону Севастополя" ) was a Soviet award which was given to the defenders of the city of Sevastopol in the course of the battle for Sevastopol during the Second World War . The foundation was made by Josef Stalin .
Appearance and wearing style
The bronze-colored medal shows the heads of two Red Army soldiers in the middle of its obverse , the one in front representing a sailor. These are enclosed by the inscription За оборону Севастополя (For the defense of Sevastopol). The lettering is pierced by an anchor on its lower middle part , the middle of which is hidden by the soldier portraits. A Soviet star is emblazoned between the anchor arms on the upper edge of the medal . The reverse shows the three-line inscription: За нашу / советскую / родину (For our Soviet homeland). Above it are the symbols of hammer and sickle .
The medal was worn on the upper left side of the chest of the borrower on an elongated pentagonal fabric-covered clasp, the base color of which is light green with a vertical blue central stripe woven into it. 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 .