Russia, Soviet Union. Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade 1944

Item #EU20986

$285

(Медаль «За освобождение Белграда»). Instituted in 1945. In brass, measuring 32.5 mm (w) x 38.2 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, edge nicks, spotting present on the obverse, surface wear evident on the reverse, replacement ribbon, mounted to a five-sided aluminum suspension with pinback, very fine.

 

Footnote: The Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade is a Second World War campaign medal of the Soviet Union. It was established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defence of the Soviet Union.