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tank with a group of soldiers on it, below the tank near the medal's lower rim, a relief five pointed star in the center of a laurel wreath going halfway up the medal's circumference on the left and right. To the left of the tank, the relief image of the
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The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the
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Marshal Rokossovsky, a recipient of the Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky
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Admiral of the Fleet Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
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381:Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev
371:Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky
336:Marshal of Aviation Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov
1138:For the Tapping of the Subsoil of Western Siberia
946:For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order
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1219:100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Lenin
158:Reverse of the Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
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941:For Distinction in Guarding the State Border
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441:Army General Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky
341:Colonel General Leonid Mikhaylovich Sandalov
331:Admiral of the Fleet Ivan Stepanovich Isakov
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951:For Distinction in Military Service
33:For the Defence of Moscow (obverse)
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820:Order of the Red Banner
754:Honoured Test Navigator
734:Honoured Military Pilot
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961:For Impeccable Service
186:campaign medal of the
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