Medal For Valiant Labour during the Great Patriotic War

Medal For Valiant Labour during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 Stalin

OUR CAUSE IS JUST- WE HAVE WON

The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was awarded for wartime labour of one year or six months in the case of disabled veterans, to:

• workers, technical personnel and employees of industry and transport;
• farmers and agricultural specialists;
• workers in science, technology, the arts and literature;
• employees of the Soviet, party, trade union and other civic organizations.

The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was a 32mm in diameter circular copper medal with a raised rim on both sides. On the obverse, the left profile bust of Joseph Stalin wearing the uniform of a Marshal of the Soviet Union, along the upper circumference of the medal, the relief inscription "OUR CAUSE IS JUST" , along the lower circumference of the medal, the relief inscription "WE HAVE WON" . On the reverse along the upper circumference of the medal, the relief inscription "FOR VALIANT LABOUR" , in the center, under a relief hammer and sickle, the inscription on four lines "THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941–1945" , at the bottom, a small relief five pointed star.