The Soviet Army awarded only 22 Victory Medals to 17 people, and each one is now valued at over $ 20 million.

The Victory Medal was the highest military award given to the Marshals and Marshals with great victories that changed the battlefield.

Not only is it spiritually valuable, it is also considered the most expensive and rare medal in the world, when it can be sold at any auction house with a starting price of over 20 million.

As of 2017, King Michael I of Romania was the last person to receive this medal alive.

The decision to issue the Victory Medal was made by the Soviet Union after the Stalingrad campaign ended in February 1943, marking the Red Army's first major victory in the Great Patriotic War.

1942 was an extremely difficult period for the Red Army, when they suffered a series of defeats against the Nazis on the Southern Front.

During 1942-1943, Stalin requested the construction of many medals and awards for military officers, named after talented military commanders in Russian history such as Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov, Admiral Fedor

Victory Medal is ranked first.

Stalin did not accept this design.

The production of the medal was handed over to the Moscow Watch and Gem Factory.

A total of 22 Victory Medals were shipped, all handcrafted, of which three were not given but were kept.

The original makers intended to use natural rubies, but later switched to artificial rubies, because natural rubies have heterogeneous colors, which can make the medal appear dirty.

Details such as the Kremlin and the conifer made from gold-platinum, are inlaid with small diamonds.

The Victory Medal was first awarded on April 10, 1944 to the commander-in-chief Stalin, Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Alexander Vaislevsky to commemorate the liberation of Ukraine.

In addition to the Soviet commanders, this award was also given to 5 foreigners.

King Michael I of Romania was awarded on July 6, 1954 for his decision to arrest Nazi collaborators in the Romanian government.

Polish marshal Michal Rola-Zymierski was awarded the Victory Medal on August 9, 1945 for his anti-fascist campaigns.

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was awarded the Victory Medal in 1978. However, the award was revoked by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989, seven years after Brezhnev's death, on the grounds that he did not participate in battles.

The Kremlin Museum currently houses the collection of the world's largest Victory Medals with eight, while one of the three medals has not been awarded and the marshal of Marshal Rola-Zymierski is currently unknown.

Today, images of the Victory Medal and the National Defense Medal also appear in the Victory Review ceremonies when hung in front of the National History Museum on Red Square.