Medal for the Liberation of Korea

The Medal for the Liberation of Korea (Korean: 조선 1945.8.15) (Russian: Медаль «За освобождение Кореи»), a.k.a.

The medal was established on October 15, 1948, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

It was awarded to the Red Army servicemen who participated in the Soviet-Japanese War, which led to the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese rule.

On the obverse, in the middle, against the background of the sun's rays, is the image of the Liberation Monument in Pyongyang, which is surrounded by a wreath of laurel branches.

The tape is glued to a pentagonal metal shoe with a horizontal pin on the back for attaching to clothing.

Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK Kim Tu-bong decorates Soviet soldiers with the Medal for the Liberation of Korea in 1948.