Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"

The Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" (Russian: Юбилейная медаль «XX лет Рабоче-Крестьянской Красной Армии») was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on January 24, 1938 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to denote the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Armed Forces.

[1] The Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" is a 32 mm in diameter oxidised silver matte finished circular medal with a polished 2.5 mm rim.

On the obverse, a large red enamelled five pointed star with a silvered edge, the tip of each point reaching the medal's edge; at the bottom sitting on the rim, in deep relief, the prominent 8 mm high gilded Roman numeral "XX" going up between the star's lower rays to superimpose it over 4 mm.

[1] On the reverse, a 25 mm high relief image of a Red Army soldier clad in the winter uniform of the Red Guard and firing a rifle, at the lower right side of the soldier, the dates "1918-1938".

[2] All individuals listed below are recipients of the Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army".

Reverse of the Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Original variant 1938 to 1943 of the Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"