Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (obverse)
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	25 years service in the Soviet Armed Forces
Presented by	Soviet Union
Eligibility	Citizens of the Soviet Union
Status	No longer awarded
Established	May 20, 1976
Total	~800,000
Ribbon of the Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

The Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Russian: Медаль «Ветеран Вооружённых Сил СССР») was a long service award of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union established on May 20, 1976, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR^[1] and awarded for twenty-five years of impeccable service to troops of the army, navy, of internal forces and of border troops. Its statute was twice amended by further decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, first on July 18, 1980^[2] and lastly on January 10, 1984.^[1]