Original Soviet USSR Medal For The Capture of Berlin 1945. Original Ribbon {Wear Faded} & Brass Suspension Plate With Original Order of Glory Moiré Ribbon

The image shows a Soviet World War II Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" (Медаль «За взятие Берлина») attached to a standard pentagonal suspension ribbon• Inscription: The front features a five-pointed star at the top and the Russian text «ЗА ВЗЯТИЕ БЕРЛИНА» ("For the Capture of Berlin"), framed by an oak wreath at the bottom.
It is mounted on a pentagonal brass suspension ring wrapped in the red and black striped Order of Glory (St. George) ribbon.

From a small former intelligence officer's collection of original surviving WW2 psychological warfare propaganda leaflets and post war, Cold War period Soviet medals we were delighted to acquire.

Established by the Soviet Union on June 9, 1945, this campaign medal was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and NKVD who directly participated in the assault and capture of Berlin between April 22 and May 2, 1945.

Final Assault on the Reich: Commemorating the Fall of Berlin, May 1945
Created in the first weeks after victory in Europe, the Medal for the Capture of Berlin honored Red Army, Navy, Air Force, and NKVD personnel who directly participated in the city’s storming and surrender in April–May 1945. As the signature commemorative of the final offensive on the Eastern Front, it carries powerful historical resonance. For collectors, it offers classic late-war Soviet design, strong documentation potential, and award numbers that, while large, are far lower than the ubiquitous Victory medal.

A circular brass campaign medal on the standard pentagonal suspension, the Berlin medal combines a bold text obverse with a historically precise reverse date—marking the city’s capitulation. Period pieces exhibit clean lettering and even, well-struck fields.
Soviet pentagonal mount with moiré ribbon.

Obverse Details
Legend “ЗА ВЗЯТИЕ БЕРЛИНА” (“For the Capture of Berlin”).
Star and laurel elements framing the inscription; “2 МАЯ 1945” (2 May 1945), marking the city’s fall.

Commemorates the climactic operation of April–May 1945 culminating in the capitulation of Berlin and the end of the war in Europe.
Issued to a broad spectrum of combat and support arms—assault infantry, armour, artillery, sappers, medics, signals, and aviation units tied to the operation.

The military defence of the German capital took place between 16 April and 2 May 1945, serving as the final cataclysmic chapter of World War II in Europe. An overwhelming Soviet force of 2.5 million troops, 6,250 tanks, and over 41,000 artillery pieces advanced on the city. Facing them was a depleted, ad-hoc German force consisting of exhausted regular soldiers, elderly Volkssturm militia, and heavily indoctrinated Hitler Youth children.General Gotthard Heinrici attempted to stop the Soviets 90 kilometres east of the city at the Seelow Heights. Using clever tactical retreats to evade the opening Soviet bombardment, German forces delayed Marshal Georgy Zhukov's forces for four days before being entirely bypassed and encircled.Once the Red Army broke into the city, General Helmuth Weidling divided Berlin into eight defensive zones. Fighting became brutally claustrophobic; Germans hid in apartment basements using Panzerfaust anti-tank rockets to ambush Soviet armor, while the Soviets adapted by using heavy anti-aircraft guns to level upper floors street by street.The defence collapsed rapidly following Adolf Hitler's suicide in the Führerbunker on 30 April. General Weidling officially surrendered the city garrison to the Soviets on 2 May 1945

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