Circular gilt metal medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with, from left to right, the heads of a Soviet airman, sailor and soldier facing left on a stippled ground, a five-pointed star above bearing a hammer and sickle, the dates ‘1918’ and ‘1988’ below, all within a laurel wreath; the reverse inscribed ’70 ЛЕТ ВООРУЖЕННЬІХ СНЛ СССР’ (70 Years of the Armed Forces of the U.S.S.R.) on a stippled ground, an oak and a laurel branch below; slight wear to gilding; on original ribbon and pentagonal hanger mounted for wear. The medal was instituted on 28 January 1988, the last in a series of decennial commemorative medals marking the anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1918, and awarded to all members of the Soviet Armed Forces serving on 23 February 1988.
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