Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on December 26, 1967 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Armed Forces. Its statute was amended on three occasions, by decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1968, of December 19, 1969, and of July 18, 1980.
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (obverse)
Attestation of award booklet of the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (cover and inside pages)
Reverse of the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
General Baluyevsky, a recipient of the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
The Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on December 18, 1957 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Armed Forces. Its statute was later amended by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 18, 1980.
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (obverse)
Reverse of the Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
