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N THIS SECTION ALL OF THE SOVIET CAMPAIGN MEDALS WILL BE POSTED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE MEDALS THE OMSA STORE HAS A BOOK "CAMPAIGN MEDALS OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS".
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DocThe campaign medals are divided into four distict groups. "Defense of", "Capture of", " Liberation of" and "Victory Over". The following is the list of Campaign Medals:
"Defense of" Medals
Leningrad
Odessa
Sevastopol
Stalingrad
Moscow
Soviet Arctic
The Caucasus
KievCapture of
Vienna
Budapest
Koenigsberg
BerlinLiberation of
Belgrade
Warsaw
PragueVictory Over
Germany
Japan DocDEFENSE OF LENINGRAD
Established 22 December 1942
Defense of Sevatopol
Established: 22 December 1942
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Defense of Sevastopol OBV.jpgDefense of Stalingrad
Established:22 December 1942
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DEFENSE%20OF%20STALINGRAD%20OBV.JPGDefense of Moscow
Established: 1 May 1944
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DEFENSE%20OF%20MOSCOW%20OBV.JPGDEFENSE OF THE SOVIET ARCTIC (AKA POLAR REGION)
Established: 5 December 1944
I have included a piece of ribbon because the one on the medal is so worn.
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Defense of the Soviet Arctic OBV.jpgDEFENSE OF THE CAUCASUS
Established: 1 May 1944
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Defense%20of%20Caucasus%20obv.JPGDefense of Kiev
Established: 21 June 1961
An improper reverse is occasionally found on this medal
THIS ENDS THE "DEFENSE OF" MEDALS
Capture of Budapest
Established: 9 June 1945
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Capture%20of%20Budapest%20obv.JPGCapture of Koenigsberg
Established: 9 June 1945
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CAPTURE OF KOENIGSBERG DOCUMENT.JPGCapture of Berlin
Established: 9 June 1945
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