Medal “50 Years of Victory in the GPW 1941-1945”

Description

This exhibit is a commemorative medal issued in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The medal is suspended from a pentagonal mount covered with a red ribbon overlaid by the black-and-orange St. George ribbon. The obverse depicts the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, and festive fireworks, symbolizing the victory and the end of the war. At the bottom are the dates “1945-1995,” laurel branches, and the emblem of the Order of the Patriotic War. The medal was awarded to war veterans and other eligible recipients as an official state commemorative decoration and remains an important historical artifact reflecting the remembrance of the Second World War and the legacy of its participants.