The Medal was a Soviet award during the Second World War during the Battle of Budapest, which led to the conquest of Budapest by the Red Army. Your foundation through Joseph Stalin in 1945. The award was presented to all those members of the Red Army, between the 20th December 1944 and 15 February 1945 participated honorably in the liberation of Budapest. As of 1995, the medal was awarded to approximately 362,000 people.(Eyelet medals of a single piece, U-shaped.)