Medal “Soro commemorating the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”

Description

It has the shape of a regular circle with a diameter of 32 mm. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex. The edges of the medal are bordered by a rim. The medal is connected by means of an eyelet and a ring to a pentagonal block covered with a silk moire ribbon 24 mm wide with three longitudinal narrow black stripes alternating with four narrow orange stripes and one red stripe 10 mm wide. The edges of the ribbon are edged with narrow green stripes. On the obverse of the medal, against the background of a five-pointed star, laurel branches and fireworks lights, there are images of a sculptural group of a soldier, a worker, a collective farmer and the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin; in the upper part, the dates “1945” and “1985”. On the reverse side of the medal are placed: in the upper part along the circumference the inscription “TO the PARTICIPANT OF the WAR” in the middle - the inscription “40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, in the lower part - a relief image of a hammer and sickle above the ribbon. Size: diameter - 3.3 cm, height with pad - 8 cm.