Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"

The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and capture of Budapest as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city. == Medal description ==

The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal with a raised rim on the obverse. On its obverse at the top, a relief five-pointed star, its top point touching the medal's upper rim. Below the star, the relief inscription in bold letters on two rows "FOR THE CAPTURE OF BUDAPEST" (). At the bottom, the relief image of a wreath of oak branches going up the left and right circumference of the medal up to the lower row of the inscription, in the center of the wreath, the relief image of the hammer and sickle. On the reverse at the top, a relief plain five-pointed star, below the star, the relief date in three rows "13 FEBRUARY 1945" (). The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré orange ribbon with an 8mm wide central blue stripe. == Recipients (partial list) ==

The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Capture of Budapest". • Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky • Marshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin • Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov • Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Petrov • Colonel General Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin • Sapper Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov • World War 2 veteran, painter Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev • War Correspondent Pyotr Andreyevich Pavlenko • Colonel Ivan Fedorovich Ladyga • Army General Semion Pavlovich Ivanov • Lieutenant General Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy • Military photographer Yevgeny Anan'evich Khaldei • Lieutenant General Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko • Actor Georgi Aleksandrovich Yumatov • Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin • Lieutenant Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov • Lieutenant General Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov • Chief Petty Officer Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina • Soldier Pavel Filimonovichi Tuhari == See also ==