Russia (Soviet Union): Jubilee Medal for 'Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 (1945-1985). Instituted 1985

Medal fitted with five sided riband mounting plate that retains the original hinged pin and clasp fittings on the reverse

It is estimated that 11,268,980 x medals were issued to qualifying personnel

Important: In 1994, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, gave formal approval for all qualifying British veterans of the Arctic Convoys (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Naval Reserve Forces, Army & Royal Air Force personnel, and the Merchant Navy) to accept and wear the Jubilee Medal 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, 1945-1985. Since that time, permission for British veterans to accept that Jubilee Medal has been extended to include the Jubilee Medals subsequently issued by the Russian Federation to mark the 50th, 60th & 65th anniversaries of victory

Condition: GVF

Code: 22599