Finogenov, Vasily Semenovich. Medal "For the capture of Budapest"

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Finogenov, Vasily Semenovich. Medal "For the capture of Budapest": [photo] / photo. A. Melentiev. - Electronic data (2 files: 1.3 MB). - St. Petersburg: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, 2015. - Access mode: the Internet portal of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. The title of the accompanying document. The site materials used: Order and medals of the USSR, section "Medals of the USSR" (http://mondvor.narod.ru/medpage.htm). Copying by users is not allowed. On the photo: Medal "For the capture of Budapest" by Vasily Finogenov ( 1902-1984). The medal is a regular circle with a diameter of 32 mm. On the front side of the coin: in the center there is the inscription "FOR THE BUDAPEST'S TAKE-UP", above the inscription at the top is a five-pointed star, at the bottom there is an image of a sickle and a hammer on two crossed laurel branches. On the reverse side of the medal the date of the capture of Budapest: "February 13, 1945", over the date - a five-pointed star. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex. The front and back sides of the coin are bordered with a ledge. The medal with the ear and ring is connected to a pentagonal shoe covered with orange silk moire ribbon, in the middle of the tape - a blue strip. Features of the medal: the ear of the medal is attached by soldering. This option was manufactured immediately after the end of the Great Patriotic War in 1945-1946. Location: From private collection .
I. Finogenov, Vasily Semenovich (1902-1984). II. Melentiev, Alexei Mikhailovich (1958 -). 1. Finogenov, Vasily Semenovich (1902-1984) - Documents and materials. 2. Memory of the Great Victory (collection). 3. "For the capture of Budapest", medal - Documents and materials. 4. The Great Patriotic War - Heroes and heroism - 1941 - 1945 - Documents and materials.
Source of electronic copy: PB Place of origin: From private collection