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This is an ORIGINAL USSR Soviet WW-2 Medal Liberation Of Warsaw, variation 2. Established June 9, 1945. Awarded to all servicemen of the Soviet Army, Navy, Ministry of Internal Affairs Troops (MVD) and State Security Committee Troops (KGB) who participated in the liberation of Warsaw from January 14, 1945 until January 17, 1945. On August 1, 1944, Polish Home Army General Tadeusz Komorowski ordered the Home Army to attack the German garrison. Fighters used Molotov cocktails or captured German weapons to fight German artillery and aircraft. The Red Army were on the outskirts of Warsaw and halted, letting the fighting continue between the bad equipped Polish Home Army and the German garrison for 66 days before taking Warsaw in 1945. 1,667 Soviet servicemen were awarded Hero of the Soviet Union titles. The medal Liberation of Warsaw is made of brass. Approximately 735,000 were issued.
