Polish Medal 1972 - 1990

POLISH MEDAL FOR USSR ARMY GUARD OF PEACE, 1972 - 1990, BRONZE COLOURED

Bronze coloured medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the Polish eagle within an outline of the map of Poland, inscribed ‘BAŁTYK’ (Baltic) above and ‘ODRA NYSA’ (Oder Neisse) below, a striped frontier pole upright to the left, within a ring inscribed ‘NA STRAŻY’ above and ‘POKOJU’ below; the reverse inscribed ‘RADA / MINISTROW / POLSKIEJ / RZECZYPOLITEJ / LUDOWEJ’ (Government of the People's Republic of Poland) within a ring inscribed ‘PRZYJAŻN SOCJALIZM POKOJ (Friendship, Socialism, Peace); on original ribbon. The medal was instituted on 22 September 1972 to be awarded to members of the Soviet Army stationed in Poland. It has not been awarded since 1990.

Condition shown in pictures.