The medal 40 Years of the USSR Armed Forces

The medal "40 Years of the USSR Armed Forces" (Russian Юбилейная медаль "40 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР") was an award of the Soviet Union, which on 18 December 1957 on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Soviet armed forces was donated in one stage. The award was presented to all military ranks of the army and of military personnel retired. Likewise, the medal also received members of the Ministry of  Next order and security of the USSR and Red Guards.
The 32 mm by measuring gold medal in brass on their obverse shows the left-looking head bust of Lenin, whose lower half is flanked by two branches. The left branch consists of oak and the right branch of Lorbeerblätern that intersect the middle. Through the intersection, the year is to read 40th The reverse of the coin shows contrast within the inscription: В ОЗНАМЕНОВАНИЕ сороковой годовщины (To commemorate the occasion of the fortieth anniversary), the four-line inscription: Вооруженных / сил / СССР / 1918 - to read 1958 (Fifty Years Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). This is to see a Soviet star. The medal was worn on the left breast side of the Beliehenen on a pentagonal gray clasp whose hemline is decorated in red. In addition, two vertical red bar means are woven into the center. The interim clip is of the same nature. It 820 080 medals were awarded.