Medal “50 years of the USSR Armed Forces”

Description

A five-pointed red enamel star is placed on the obverse of the medal. The star is located against the background of five beams of rays coming out from under the obtuse angles of the star. In the middle part of the star is a circle with a diameter of 19 mm, on a matte background of which is placed a profile image of two soldiers of the Soviet Army in a Budenovka and helmet. There are anniversaries on the edges of the circle: “1918” and “1968”. A wreath is depicted around the star: the left branch of the wreath is made of laurel leaves, the right one is made of oak leaves. On the reverse side of the medal there is a five-pointed star in the upper part, in the middle part of which there is an image of a hammer and a plow on a matte background. Below the asterisk is the inscription: “FIFTY YEARS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR.” The edges of the medal are bordered by a rim. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex. The medal is connected by means of an eyelet and a ring to a pentagonal block covered with a turquoise silk moire ribbon 24 mm wide. In the middle of the ribbon there is a 2 mm wide longitudinal white stripe, to the right and left of which there are red and white stripes. The width of the red stripe is 2 mm, the width of the white stripe is 0.5 mm.
Size: diameter - 3.7 cm, height with pad - 9 cm.