USSR – The Medal “For the Capture of Budapest”

Description

(Russian: Медаль «За взятие Будапешта») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on 9 June 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ,  to satisfy the petition of the People’s Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union to recognize and reward the participants of the battle for the capture of the city of Budapest from the armed forces of Nazi Germany. The medal’s statute was amended on 18 July 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 2523-X.

The Medal “For the Capture of Budapest” was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and capture of Budapest as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city.

Award of the medal was made 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 Budapest. 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.

The Medal “For the Capture of Budapest” was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other awards of the USSR, was located immediately after the Medal “For the Victory over Japan”. If worn in the presence of orders or medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.

Variation 2, on time period brass suspension to the medal.