WW2 Medal " For the Liberation of Warsaw " , Established Moscow - June 9, 1945 . Only 701,700 medals awarded! First Version in brown brass of WW2, and not after the war, in gilded brass.  The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (Russian: Медаль «За освобождение Варшавы») 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 Defence of the Soviet Union, and awarded to Soviet service personnel who took part in the liberation of Warsaw between the 14 and 17 January 1945. Type : Campaign medal  Eligibility : Citizens of the Soviet Union  Awarded for : Participation in the liberation of Warsaw  Status : No longer awarded  Established : Moscow - June 9, 1945  Total awarded : 701,700  Diameter : 32 mm  N.B the metal part that keeps the ribbon in fabric has been replaced with a new one (original) because it was completely rusty and broken.  Priority shipping worldwide, with tracking code.  STATUTE :  The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was "awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and liberation of the city of Warsaw 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 liberation of Warsaw. 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 Liberation of Warsaw" 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 Liberation of Belgrade". If worn in the presence of Orders or medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.  DESCRIPTION :  The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal with a raised rim on the obverse. On its obverse along the upper half of the medal's circumference, the relief inscription "FOR THE LIBERATION OF" (Russian: «ЗА ОСВОБОЖДЕНИЕ»), at the bottom, a relief five pointed star radiating divergent rays upwards, surperimposed over the rays, a ribbon bearing the relief inscription "WARSAW" (Russian: «ВАРШАВЫ»). On the reverse at the top, a relief plain five pointed star over the relief date in three rows "17 JANUARY 1945" (Russian: «17 ЯНВАРЯ 1945»).  The Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide blue silk moiré ribbon with 2mm yellow edge stripes and a 6mm wide central red stripe.