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My Grandfather’s Medals

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  • Medals I
    Medals I (obverse)
  • Medals I
    Medals I (reverse)
  • “For Excellence in Guarding the National Borders of the USSR” (obverse)
    “For Excellence in Guarding the National Borders of the USSR” (obverse)
  • “For Excellence in Guarding the National Borders of the USSR” (reverse)
    “For Excellence in Guarding the National Borders of the USSR” (reverse)
  • “Our Cause Is Just / We Are Victorious (obverse)”
    Our Cause Is Just / We Are Victorious (obverse)”
  • “For Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (reverse)
    “For Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (reverse)
  • “Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (obverse)
    “Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (obverse)
  • “Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (reverse)
    “Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (reverse)
  • “To a Participant in the War / 30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (obverse)
    “To a Participant in the War / 30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (obverse)
  • “To a Participant in the War / 30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (reverse)
    “To a Participant in the War / 30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” (reverse)
  • “USSR - Veteran of the Armed Forces” (obverse)
    USSR - Veteran of the Armed Forces” (obverse)
  • “In Celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1948” (obverse)
    “In Celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1948” (obverse)
  • “In Celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1948” (reverse)”
    “In Celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1948” (reverse)
  • Medals II (obverse)
    Medals II (obverse)
  • “In Celebration of the Fourtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1958” (obverse)
    “In Celebration of the Fourtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1958” (obverse)
  • “In Celebration of the Fourtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1958” (reverse)
    “In Celebration of the Fourtieth Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy 1918–1958” (reverse)
  • “Fifty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1968” (obverse)
    “Fifty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1968” (obverse)
  • “Fifty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1968” (reverse)
    “Fifty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1968” (reverse)
  • “Sixty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1978” (obverse)
    “Sixty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1978” (obverse)
  • “Sixty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1978” (reverse)
    “Sixty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR 1918–1978” (reverse)
  • “For Unimpeachable Service” (obverse)
    “For Unimpeachable Service” (obverse)
  • “For Unimpeachable Service” (reverse)
    “For Unimpeachable Service” (reverse)
  • “Veteran of Labor” (obverse)
    “Veteran of Labor” (obverse)
  • “For Long Years of Honest Labor” (reverse)
    “For Long Years of Honest Labor” (reverse)
  • “Exemplar of the Border Troops”
    “Exemplar of the Border Troops”
  • “For Military Valor - In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin” (obverse)
    “For Military Valor - In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin” (obverse)
  • “For Military Valor - In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin” (reverse)
    “For Military Valor - In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin” (reverse)
  • “50 Years of the Border Troops of the USSR”
    “50 Years of the Border Troops of the USSR”
  • Decoration given upon graduation from a Border Troops military academy
    Decoration given upon graduation from a Border Troops military academy