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

[Dave]

Very interesting. I just read in McDaniel's book that the medal was awarded to 'all servicemen and civilian volunteers in the Red Army, Navy, and NKVD who directly participated on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War or supporting the victory by their work in the military regions.' This takes in a large number of categories that were issued the award. It would be very interesting to see some post-war photos of foreign recipients wearing this award. It's too bad the ribbon wasn't with the medal, if there was one.

Robert-

I actually have quite a few foreign groups with Victory medals in my collection. None of them that I own, however, have anything other than the "standard issue" Victory Over Germany medal.

--Dave