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Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"

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Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (obverse)
Awarded by Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Type Military decoration
Eligibility Citizens of the Soviet Union and other socialist states
Awarded for Merit in strengthening military cooperation
Status No longer awarded
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Established May 25, 1979
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Ribbon of the Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski, a recipient of the Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" Wojciech Jaruzelski 1980s.jpg
Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski, a recipient of the Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Akhromeyev, a recipient of the Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" Marshal Sergey F. Akhromeyev in 1988.JPEG
Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Akhromeyev, a recipient of the Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

The Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Russian : Медаль «За укрепление боевого содружества») was a military award of the Soviet Union established on May 25, 1979 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. [1] Its statute was later confirmed and slightly amended by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet № 2523-X of July 18, 1980. [2] It was bestowed to recognise outstanding cooperation between the different services and the different armed forces of the various Warsaw Pact countries or of any other friendly socialist state.

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Award Statute

The Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" was awarded to military personnel as well as to employees of organs of state security or of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and to other citizens of the states participants of the Warsaw Pact, as well as other socialist and other friendly nations for merit in strengthening military cooperation. [1]

Warsaw Pact international military alliance of Communist states

The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CoMEcon), the regional economic organization for the socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO in 1955 per the London and Paris Conferences of 1954, but it is also considered to have been motivated by Soviet desires to maintain control over military forces in Central and Eastern Europe.

The conferring authority was the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR based on recommendations from the Minister of Defence or the USSR, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR, or from the Chairman of the State Security Committee of the USSR. The medal could be earned multiple times. [1]

The Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" is worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the Soviet Union is located after the medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR". [1] When worn in company of awards of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence. [3]

Award Description

The Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" was a 32mm in diameter gilt tombac circular medal. On the obverse, a red enamelled five pointed star with a shield at its center. The shield is not enamelled and bears the relief inscription in five rows “"FOR STRENGTHENING MILITARY COOPERATION" and "USSR" (Russian : «ЗА УКРЕПЛЕНИЕ БОЕВОГО СОДРУЖЕСТВА») and (Russian : «СССР»). Two relief laurel branches follow the left and right circumference of the medal passing under the points of the star. At the bottom of the obverse, crossed swords, their hilts below the star, their blades passing under the lower arms of the star and protruding over the laurels to the medal rim. The reverse of the medal is plain. [1]

Tombac copper-zinc alloy

Tombac, as it is spelled in French, or tombak, is a brass alloy with high copper content and 5–20% zinc content. Tin, lead or arsenic may be added for colouration. It is a cheap malleable alloy mainly used for medals, ornament, decoration and some munitions. In older use, the term may apply to brass alloy with a zinc content as high as 28–35%.

The medal is secured to a standard Russian pentagonal mount by a ring through the medal suspension loop. The mount is covered by a 24 mm wide silk moiré ribbon in the colours of the flags of the Warsaw Pact countries. The ribbon’s coloured stripes alternate from left to right in the following widths: green 4 mm, white 1 mm, red 5.5 mm, yellow 1 mm, black 1 mm, yellow 1 mm, red 5.5 mm, white 1 mm and blue 4 mm. [1]

Recipients (partial list)

The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation".

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 25, 1979" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1979-05-25. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 18, 1980 № 2523-X" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1980-07-18. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
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