Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Transarctic Region (“За оборону Советского Заполярья”), Silver version

🔎 Description:
• Ribbon: light blue with a central green stripe and thin white borders → very distinctive design
• Obverse: Soviet soldier in winter gear (chapka + coat), with:
- airplanes above
- ship on the left
- tanks at the bottom
• Inscription: “For the Defense of the Soviet Arctic”

📜 Historical Significance
• Established in december 05, 1944 during World War II
• Awarded to:
- Red Army soldiers
- sailors
- NKVD troops
- civilians
• All those who participated in the defense of the northern USSR (Murmansk region / Arctic) against Germany between 1941 and 1944
👉 Approximately 350,000 people received it.

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