Type Campaign medal Established June 9, 1945 | Status No longer awarded Total awarded ~760,000 | |
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Eligibility Citizens of the Soviet Union Awarded for Participation in the capture of Königsberg | ||
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 to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union for recognition of the participants of 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.
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Medal statute
The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and capture of Königsberg 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 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.
The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" 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 Capture of Budapest". If worn in the presence of Orders or medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.
Medal description
The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" was a 32 mm in diameter circular brass medal with a raised rim on the obverse. On its obverse at the top, a small relief five pointed star with divergent rays. Below the star, the relief inscription in bold letters on three rows "FOR THE CAPTURE OF KÖNIGSBERG" (Russian: «ЗА ВЗЯТИЕ КЕНИГСБЕРГА»). At the bottom, the relief image of a horizontal laurel branch. On the reverse at the top, a relief plain five pointed star, below the star, the relief date in three rows "10 APRIL 1945" (Russian: «10 АПРЕЛЯ 1945»).
The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" was 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.
Recipients
The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg":