Awarded to group and army commanders, as well as to members of their staff for outstanding achievements in directing military operations. The badge consists of a pentagonal star made of gold with radiating beams of silver between the points. The disc in the center is of white enamel surrounded by a wreath of laurel and oak, at the bottom a red banner is woven into the wreath. On the disc is an image in gold relief of Michael Kutuzov with a Kremlin tower in the background, the tower ending in a red star. The image is flanked by the inscription Michael Kutuzov, in Cyrillic on a white band bordered in silver.
Two types are known. The early 1st Type hung on a small suspension. The 2nd Type soon replaced the 1st Type and has a screwback. The 2nd Type has versions where the parts are connected with three or five rivets.
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Awards | |
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Katukov, Mikhail Yefimovich | 17-08-1900 | 08-06-1976 | more | |
Kazakov, Konstantin Petrovich | 18-11-1902 | 25-08-1989 | more | |
Kazakov, Vasily Ivanovich | 18-07-1898 | 25-05-1968 | more | |
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich | 15-04-1894 | 11-09-1971 | more | |
Khudyakov, Sergei Aleksandrovich | 07-01-1902 | 18-04-1950 | more | |
Kidric, Boris | 10-04-1912 | 11-04-1953 | ||
Kinov, Ivan Atanasov | 00-00-1893 | 00-00-1967 | ||
Kobulov, Bogdan Zakharovich | 01-03-1904 | 23-12-1953 | more | |
Kolpakchi, Vladimir Yakovlevich | 07-09-1899 | 17-05-1961 | more | |
Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | 28-12-1897 | 21-05-1973 | more | |
Krasovsky, Stepan Akimovich | 20-08-1897 | 21-04-1983 | ||
Kreizer, Yakov Grigoryevich | 04-11-1905 | 29-11-1969 | more | |
Kruglov, Sergei Nikiforovich | 19-09-1907 | 06-07-1977 | more | |
Krylov, Nikolai Ivanovich | 29-04-1903 | 09-02-1972 | more | |
Kutakhov, Pavel Stepanovich | 16-08-1914 | 03-12-1984 | more | |
Kuznetsov, Alexey Alexandrovich | 20-02-1905 | 01-10-1950 |