Russian Ministry of Defence Medal - ''For the Return of Crimea'' Pin Badge Che and after 1922 the Union

and after 1922 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

is usually shortened to just GRU (Russian: ГРУ) which stands for Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye (Russian: Главное Разведывательное Управление) (English: Main Intelligence Directorate)

Beginning in February 1946

but it can also be used for military reconstruction

Russian Ministry of Defence Medal - ''For the Return of Crimea'' Pin Badge Che and after 1922 the UnionBrand new Genuine Russian Medal with pin at the back to fix it to a jacket. The medal is made of silver coloured metal (nickel silver) in the form of a circle with a diameter of 32 mm and has a convex rim on both sides. Weight 20 grams. In the centre of the front side of the medal there is a relief image of the contour of the Crimean Peninsula, framed in the lower part by laurel branches, at the intersection of which there is a five pointed star.