(). On the reverse, at the bottom, a small five pointed star, along the medal circumference, the relief inscription "FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY" (), in the center, the relief inscription on three rows "IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941–45 (). The Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré Ribbon of St. George. Notable recipients The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". Soviets Politician in charge of the defence of Leningrad, Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovskiy People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin Captain Dimitri Floydorovich Sudayev Tank battalion commander Arseny Nikiforovich Semionov Lieutenant Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov Colonel Baurzhan Momyshuly Lieutenant Colonel Fatyh Zaripovich Sharipov Major Raul–Yuri Georgievich Ervier Reichstag attacker Lieutenant Alexei Berest Reichstag flag raiser Sergeant Meliton Varlamovich Kantaria Reichstag flag raiser Sergeant Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov Lieutenant Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ Admiral Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrskiy Captain Mariya Ivanivna Dolina Major Natalya Fyodorovna Meklin Army General Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer Admiral of the Fleet Alexei Ivanovich Sorokin Lieutenant General Vasily Mikhaylovich Badanov Artilleryman Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky Marshal of Artillery Vasily Ivanovich Kazakov Marshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Lieutenant Colonel Petras Ciunis Major Andrey Palatkin Foreign nationals General in command of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps, Ludvík Svoboda (Czechoslovakia) Marshal of Poland Marian "Marek" Spychalski (Poland) General and President Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (Poland) Brigadier General Mieczysław Cygan (Poland) Sailor Asbjørn Edvin Sunde (Norway) General Vasile Atanasiu (Romania) Major Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype (France) Lieutenant Colonel Pierre Pouyade (France) Captain Ljubomir Milosevic (Yugoslavia) Joseph Beyrle (United States) See also Great Patriotic War 1941–45 Joseph Stalin Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 Operation Barbarossa Ribbon of Saint George References External links Legal Library of the USSR Soviet campaign medals Military awards and decorations of the Soviet Union Military awards and decorations of Russia Germany–Soviet Union relations Awards established in 1945 1945 establishments in the Soviet Union