Russia 2010,S/S,WW-2 Order of Victory Highest Soviet Military Award,Scott # 7212,XF MNH**
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The Order of Victory (Russian: Орден "Победa", Orden "Pobeda") was the highest military decoration awarded for World War II service in the Soviet Union, and one of the rarest orders in the world. The order was awarded only to Generals and Marshals for successfully conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups and resulting in a "successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army."In its history, it has been awarded twenty times to twelve Soviet leaders and five foreign leaders, with one revocation. There is only one surviving recipient as of 2016.
The Order is made out of platinum in the form of a pentangular star with rays between the arms, measuring 72 mm in diameter. The star is studded with 174 diamonds weighing a total of 16 carats (3.2 g), while the arms of the star are made out of synthetic rubies (the need for the five stones to be of uniform color precluded the use of natural gems). In the center of the star is a silver medallion, with the Moscow Kremlin wall, the Spasskaya Tower, and Lenin's Mausoleum depicted in gold surrounded by bands of laurel and oak also colored in gold. The laurel and oak are bound with a red banner. The sky in the background is inlaid with blue enamel.
Against the sky, the letters "СССР" (USSR) appear in gold centered on the top of the medallion, while the word "Победа" (Victory) is displayed on the red banner at the bottom. The total mass of the order is 78g, which consists of 47g of platinum, 2g of gold, 19g of silver, 25 carats of ruby and 16 carats of diamond.
Instead of being made at a mint, each Order was made in a jeweler's workshop.
# | Date | Name | Died | Summary |
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1 | April 10, 1944 | Georgy Zhukov | June 18, 1974 | |
2 | April 10, 1944 | Aleksandr Vasilevsky | December 5, 1977 | |
3 | April 10, 1944 | Joseph Stalin | March 5, 1953 | |
4 | March 30, 1945 | Konstantin Rokossovsky | August 3, 1968 | |
5 | March 30, 1945 | Ivan Konev | May 21, 1973 | |
6 | April 19, 1945 | Aleksandr Vasilevsky | December 5, 1977 | (2nd time) |
7 | April 26, 1945 | Rodion Malinovsky | March 31, 1967 | |
8 | April 26, 1945 | Fyodor Tolbukhin | October 17, 1949 | |
9 | May 31, 1945 | Leonid Govorov | March 19, 1955 | |
10 | May 31, 1945 | Georgy Zhukov | June 18, 1974 | (2nd time) |
11 | June 4, 1945 | Semyon Timoshenko | March 31, 1970 | |
12 | June 4, 1945 | Aleksei Antonov | June 18, 1962 | |
13 | June 5, 1945 | Bernard Montgomery | March 24, 1976 | |
14 | June 10, 1945 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | March 28, 1969 | |
15 | June 26, 1945 | Joseph Stalin | March 5, 1953 | (2nd time) |
16 | July 6, 1945 | Michael I of Romania | - | Sole surviving recipient as of 2016 |
17 | August 9, 1945 | Michał Rola-Żymierski | October 15, 1989 | |
18 | September 8, 1945 | Kirill Meretskov | December 30, 1968 | |
19 | September 9, 1945 | Josip Broz Tito | May 4, 1980 | |
20 | February 20, 1978 | Leonid Brezhnev | November 10, 1982 | Revoked (posthumously) |
Awarded by the Soviet Union | |
Type | Single-grade order |
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Eligibility | Military Generals and Marshals only |
Awarded for | Conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups and resulting in a "successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army" |
Status | No longer awarded |
Statistics | |
Established | November 8, 1943 |
First awarded | April 10, 1944 |
Last awarded | February 20, 1978 (was revoked) |
Total awarded | 20 |
Ribbon of the Order of Victory |
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