Medal "For Victory Over Germany In The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945".

[Nota Bene]

Gentlemen,

This standard Soviet document for a Victory Medal:

... was issued in 1997, and has the Russian Eagle ink stamp:

[Tal Inbar]

You know, all the paper work takes time...and the CCCP is no more, so what? The important thing is that the justice was done with the veteran!

[Nota Bene]

Tal,

You are right, but in this case it took a little too long, even for Russia. I think it's interesting that they would use a Soviet type doc, that is obviously freshly printed, and not a Russian Federation document.

Alexei

[Tal Inbar]

Agreed. BUT, maybe there are HUGE stocks of documents?
BTW, as you know, SOVIET passporet are still used today!

Tal

I hope the veteran lived to see the medal...

[Nota Bene]

Tal,

I think you are right. I have just compared it with a document awarded in 1973, and the paper is absolutely identical.

Alexei

[Nota Bene]

Guys,

Here's a document for a Victory Medal awarded in 1997.

Alexei

[Auke]

Here are a medal and its document issued in 1997 to an inhabitant of the city of Anapa.