A nice VOG medal, brass mounted with a center mounted pin. This medal was awarded soon after the war ended, based on its brass mount and molded suspension ring. Ribbon shows staining, condition is as depicted in photos.
 
The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on May 9, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote military participation in the victory of the Soviet armed forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.