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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 "For the Capture of Königsberg" | |
|---|---|
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" (obverse) | |
| Type | Campaign medal |
| Awarded for | Participation in the capture of Königsberg |
| Presented by |  Soviet Union |
| Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Established | June 9, 1945 |
| Total | ~760,000 |
 Ribbon of the Medal | |
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]
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]
Up to 1987, about 760,000 awards of the medal were made.[4]
Those awarded the medal include:
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