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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Parks, Floyd Lavinius | 09-02-1896 | 10-03-1959 | ||
Patton, George Smith Jr. | 11-11-1885 | 21-12-1945 | more | |
Peresypkin, Ivan Terentyevich | 18-06-1904 | 12-10-1978 | more | |
Popov, Markian Mikhaylovich | 15-11-1902 | 22-04-1969 | more | |
Proshlyakov, Aleksei Ivanovich | 18-02-1901 | 12-12-1973 | more |