Russian Federation Commemorative Medal for 65 Years of WW2

[TacHel]

President Medvedev has approved a new medal:

Jubilee medal "65 YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941 - 1945"

Decree 238 dated 4 March 2009.

Link to President Medvedev's speech (in English) of 4 December 2009 during the first award ceremony (courtesy of Christophe)

Link to the actual Presidential Decree (in Russian) (courtesy of Christophe)

Edited December 28, 2009 by TacHel

[Christophe]

Link to President Medvedev's speech (in English) of 4 December 2009 during the first award ceremony (courtesy of Christophe)

Link to the actual Presidential Decree (in Russian) (courtesy of Christophe)

Hi François,

No need "courtesy", this is public information from the Kremlin, as published on their website...

Cheers.

Ch.

[TacHel]

Hi François,

No need "courtesy", this is public information from the Kremlin, as published on their website...

Cheers.

Ch.

My motto is give credit where credit is due. You're the one that sought them out and found them.

[Christophe]

François,

You deserve your place here, as a Gentleman...

Cheers.

Ch.

[TacHel]

This is the only actual picture I've found thus far.

[Ferdinand]

I was at the Izmailovo market in Moscow in May this year and even then several varations of this medal could already be found.

[TacHel]

I was at the Izmailovo market in Moscow in May this year and even then several varations of this medal could already be found.

Yup, they.re fast aren't they? But the medal above is the only "official" one from the government. All other variations are from civilian and/or veterans' organizations.

[Ferdinand]

Are you certain of that? I also have different variations of the 50 and 60 Years of Victory Medals, but I have always been under the impression that these were simply made by different mints, using different dies or something like that.

[TacHel]

Are you certain of that? I also have different variations of the 50 and 60 Years of Victory Medals, but I have always been under the impression that these were simply made by different mints, using different dies or something like that.

Unless the medal has the same design and ribbon with finite differences to the one above due to a different mint, then it isn't an official one. Some organizations like Umalatova went as far as using the EXACT same medal and simply adding cheap enamels. I could name you a dozen events with a myriad of commemorative medal with varying designs, yet all only have a single official (governmental) medal. And yes, I am absolutely sure about this.

In the next few days (because this weekend I don't have the time), I'll post some of the medals you mentioned, and I'll ID the orgs that spat them out. For example, have a look at post #4 of this thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=37199

[TacHel]

You'd think a medal like this would be easy to find... Pfffft... Took me months! But I finally got one.

[SergioV]

You'd think a medal like this would be easy to find... Pfffft... Took me months! But I finally got one.

65 ann WW2.jpg

seems to come from the Ukrainian mint

[SergioV]

From the collecting point of view, this medal is interesting because it was not produced only by the Mint of the Russian Federation

but also by some CIS states Mintspecifically from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, then there are five variants of the medal,

while as regards the documents there are four types.

Below I show you the five variants of the Medal

MMD (Moscow Mint)

SPMD (St. Petersburg Mint)

Ukraine Mint

Belarus Mint

Kazakhstan Mint

[SergioV]

And now I show you the documents

Russian Federation

Ukraine

Belarus

Kazakhstan

[SergioV]

I show my Jubilee Medal for 65 years of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 Var 1 (MMD)

« 65 лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941-1945 гг. »

The Document of the Russian Federation

Assigned to:

Кумарев ...... Kumarev

Валентин ...... Valentin

Варфaломеевич ...... Varfalomeevich

Awarded by:

Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федераций ...... Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

в Латвийской Республике ...... in the Republic of Latvia

А.А. Вешняков ...... A.A. Veshnjakov