Soviet Union Russia 1946 RARE WWII Medal For the Capture of Königsberg +document

Description: This exact medal was award for Red Army senior segeant Andrei Rudenko and signed by unit comander in a rank of majorNumber is 275651 Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" (obverse)TypeCampaign medalAwarded forParticipation in the capture of KönigsbergPresented by Soviet UnionEligibilityCitizens of the Soviet UnionStatusNo longer awardedEstablishedJune 9, 1945Total~760,000Ribbon of the MedalReverse of the Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" (Russian: Медаль «За взятие Кёнигсберга») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union. It recognizes participation in the battle to capture the city of Königsberg from the armed forces of Nazi Germany. The medal's statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 2523-X.[2]Medal statute The medal was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the assault and capture of Königsberg as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city.[1]The medal was awarded on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the basis of documents attesting to actual participation in the capture of Königsberg. Serving military personnel received the medal from their unit commander, retirees from military service received the medal from a regional, municipal or district military commissioner in the recipient's community.[1]The medal was worn on the left side of the chest, immediately after the Medal "For the Capture of Budapest".[2] If worn in the presence of orders or medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.[3]Medal description It is a circular brass medal, 32 mm in diameter. The obverse has a raised rim and shows a small relief five pointed star with divergent rays at the top. Below this is a relief inscription in bold letters on three rows "FOR THE CAPTURE OF KÖNIGSBERG" (Russian: «ЗА ВЗЯТИЕ КЕНИГСБЕРГА»), with a relief image of a horizontal laurel branch below. The reverse bears the relief date in three rows "10 APRIL 1945" (Russian: «10 АПРЕЛЯ 1945») below a relief plain five pointed star.[1]The medal is secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré ribbon with 2 mm green edge stripes and five 4 mm wide alternating stripes, three black and two green.[1]Recipients[edit]Up to 1987, about 760,000 awards of the medal were made.[4]Those awarded the medal include:Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Khristoforovich BagramyanMajor General Anatoly Ivanovich Bankuzov (ru)Major General Viktor Petrovich Beltiukov (ru)Lieutenant Colonel Stepan Nikolayevich BorozenetsColonel Anatoly Vasilievich Dorofeev (ru)Army General Ivan Ivanovich FedyuninskyCaptain Nikolai Ivanovich Fomin (ru)Army General Kuzma Nikitovich GalitskyGuards Private Mikhail Ivanovich Gavrilov (ru)Chief Marshal of Aviation Alexander Yevgeniyevich GolovanovMilitary photographer Yevgeny Anan'evich KhaldeiColonel Pavel Sergeevich Korchmaryuk (ru)Marshal of the Soviet Union Pyotr Kirillovich KoshevoiLieutenant General Alexander Sergeevich Ksenofontov (ru)Chief Petty Officer Ekaterina Mikhailova-DeminaLieutenant General Alexander Ignatyevich MolodchyChief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich NedelinColonel Stepan Yakovlevich Nehaenko (ru)Sergeant Shabsa Mashkautsan[5]Senior Lieutenant Ilya Mikhailovich Pankov (ru)Major General Georgy Borisovich Peters (ru)Major General Vladimir Konstantinovich Polupanov (ru)Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Ksawerowicz RokossovskyMajor Avraham Isaakovich ShifrinMajor Ivan Pavlovich Shitikov (ru)Painter Mikhail Evdokimovich TkachevAdmiral Vladimir Filippovich TributsCaptain 3rd grade Michael Petrovich TsiselskyMarshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich VasilevskyPeople's Artist of the USSR Yevgeny Yakovlevich VesnikIt is comes from Kharkiv, key city near Ukraine-Russia border now suffering from strong bombing attacks from russian invaders. I live in this city and now taking a part in defending Ukraine as a member of United Military Forces of Ukraine. FREE shipping Worldvide. Thank You for the attention to my items (please, observe other).Happy bidding and have a nice day!

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