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A wonderful 15 jewel manual wind mechanical watch that shows the Soviet ORDER OF VICTORY (CCCP in centre) and the picture in the medal is of the Kremlin Wall as though you were standing in Red Square (famous during the Soviet era for the May Day parades etc). Below is the word ÏÎÁÅÄÀ pronounced Pobeda which means Victory.
In the rear of the case is a star with hammer & sickle centre piece with the words again in Russian Cyrillic saying 'Velikaya Otechestvennaya 1941-1945' which translated means 'Great Patriotic War 1941-1945'. This commemorates the Second World War for the Soviet Union. The face of the watch is a typical Molnija engrave ornate style with seperate second dial and Roman Numerals around the edge
The Order of Victory was the highest Soviet military decoration. Established 8 November 1943. It was awarded to members of the armed forces high command for successfully conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups, and resulting in a radical change of the situation in favour of the Soviet Armed Forces. The award is constructed of platinum, gold, silver, enamel, and studded with 174 separate diamonds and 5 five-carat synthetic rubies. This was the only Soviet award to be made in a jeweller's workshop and not at a mint. It was awarded to 11 Marshals of the Soviet Union, 1 Soviet Army General, and 5 foreigners. The Soviet Dictator and Generalissimo of the USSR I. "Joseph" V. Stalin and Marshals of the USSR G. K. Zhukov and A. M. Vasilevsky were given the award twice.
