Soviet Medal for Impeccable Service by iodanem

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The Medal for Impeccable Service (or Медаль «За безупречную службу», Medal «Za bezuprechnuju sluzhbu» in Russian) was established on 25 January 1958 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and awarded for long service of excellent military service.
The Soviet military award was given to deserving members of the military personnel of the armed forces of the USSR, of the Interior Ministry of the USSR and of the Ministry for the Protection of Public Order of the USSR, to recognize ten, fifteen and twenty years of faithful and impeccable service to the state.
Prior to the establishment of the Medal “For Impeccable Service“, existing state Orders meant for feats of valor or for extraordinary services to the state were conferred to military personnel for long service. An Order of Lenin for twenty-five years of service, the Order of the Red Banner for twenty, the Order of the Red Star for fifteen, hundreds of thousands of such awards seriously devaluated the awards of the same Orders earned for their original criteria.
The intent to encourage the establishment of a ministerial/departmental level medal “For Impeccable Service” emphasized the then devaluation of certain Soviet high military Orders used as long service awards instead of their originally intended criteria.
The medal was established in three classes. The first class was awarded for twenty years of excellent service, the second class for fifteen, and the third class for ten