A nice VOG medal, brass mounted with a low pin. Type 1 medal with soldered wire suspension ring. Good condition overall. One of the earlier examples of this award.
 
The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on May 9, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote military participation in the victory of the Soviet armed forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.