1 class - military 2nd - civilians: https://nikvesti.com/ua/news/photoreportage/mer-senkovich-pochesni-vidznaki-oborona-mykolaeva-viiskovosluzhbovtsiam-rodicham-volonteram-pratsivnikam-sluzhb-ua
Medal "For the Defense of Mykolaiv": https://novosti-n.org/ua/news/U-Mykolayevi-prezentuvaly-medal-Za-oboronu-Mykolayeva-pershyh-pretendentiv-nagorodyat-u-zhovtni-276094
Hi. Initially, it was a commercial medal, but later the design of the medal was used for the "Defender of Ukraine" medal of the Ministry of Defense. Recently, the design was changed again and now it has a different look.
Hi. Most medals made of bronze, but there are three medal is silver it's: Medal For Military Service to Ukraine (Медаль За військову службу Україні), Medal for Lifesaving (Медаль За врятоване життя) and Medal for work and achievement (Медаль За працю і звитягу). There are some orders in silver too.
This happens because the laws are not changed in time when it is needed, various departments bypass or ignore the instructions at their discretion and instead of prohibiting them from doing this or changing the laws, they do not pay attention to the violations. This is my new article about it: https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2023/04/vidomchi-nagorody.html?m=1
As far about Medal "For the Defence of Ukraine" the process begun for both military and civilian: https://lviv1256.com/news/viyskovykh-103-i-bryhady-teroborony-nahorodyly-vidznakoiu-za-oboronu-ukrainy/ and: https://vsim.ua/Podii/eks-lisivnika-zi-slavuti-nagorodili-medallyu-za-oboronu-ukrayini-11779697.html
Of course, there are awards with wider ribbons, especially in the Ministry of Defense, but they established new awards in violation of existing laws and instructions, the standard for the width of the ribbon has not changed, it is still 28 mm, 35 is a violation that is not paid attention to.
Hi, John. Yes, 28 mm is standart, but there is a desire to change this, so there are sometimes we have projects designs for medals with a wider ribbon. Now we have the medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine" with ribbon 35 mm.
Perhaps you are right, but the document says that the award is from the Chief of the Kharkiv Garrison, so I don't know if it's a regional award or a military one.
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