[1] Only a dozen non-Russians have received the Order 1st class, including World War II military leaders United States Army Generals George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower, British Army Field Marshal Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke[3] and Royal Navy Admiral Sir Robert Burnett.

[4] Following the 1991 dissolution of the USSR, the Order of Suvorov was retained unchanged by Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation 2557-I of March 20, 1992[5] but it was not awarded in this form.

The all encompassing Presidential Decree 1099 of September 7, 2010[6] that modernised and reorganised the entire Russian awards system away from its Soviet past changed the statute of the Order to a single-class medal.

In November 2015 all recipient formations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stripped of their Order of Suvorov honors as part of the removal of Soviet-era awards under decommunization.

The obverse center has a circular convex medallion bearing the gilded bust of Alexander Suvorov, in profile, facing left.