“For the Defense of Moscow” Medal (За оборону Москвы), silver version

🔍 Description:
• 🏰 Obverse: Moscow Kremlin
• ⭐ Red star at the top
• 🪖 Soldiers and tanks in the foreground
• 🔤 Inscription: "ЗА ОБОРОНУ МОСКВЫ »
• 🎗️ Ribbon:
- golden yellow background
- red stripes

🏛️ Historical context
Date of creation ➡ May 1, 1944
It honors those who participated in the defense of Moscow during the 1941–1942 battle in World War II
• ⚔️ German offensive toward the capital (Operation Barbarossa)
• ❄️ Decisive winter halting the German advance
• 🛡️ Major Soviet counteroffensive
👉 First major strategic defeat of Nazi Germany.
📊 Number of awards
• Approximately 1,000,000 to 1,050,000 medals awarded.

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