Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia" (obverse)
Awarded by  Soviet Union
Type	Commemorative medal
Eligibility	Citizens of the Soviet Union
Awarded for	Excellence and long service in the Russian Militia
Status	No longer awarded
Statistics
Established	November 20, 1967
Total awarded	409,150
Ribbon of the Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"

The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia" (Russian: Юбилейная медаль «50 лет советской милиции») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on November 20, 1967 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Militia, it was mainly awarded to deserving members of the state police. Its statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia" was awarded to: meritorious personnel of higher, senior, and middle management as well as to junior officers and rank and file police officers, who, as of 21 November 1967, were in the service of the organs, agencies and institutions of the Ministry of Public Order of the USSR; to persons who have a special police rank who were dismissed from the organs of public order, in the reserves or retired with service of 25 years or more. May also be awarded to personnel of higher, senior and middle management as well as to junior officers and enlisted personnel of other services and departments of the Ministry of Public Order of the USSR, who actively contributed and assisted police authorities in their activities.

The conferring authority was the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR based on recommendations from the Minister of Public Order of the USSR, the ministers of public order of union and autonomous republics, the heads of the departments of public order of the executive committees of regional, provincial, municipal, road departments (offices) and the police educational institutions of the Ministry of Public Order of the USSR. Each medal came with an attestation of award, this attestation came in the form of a small 8 cm by 11 cm cardboard booklet bearing the award's name, the recipient's particulars and an official stamp and signature on the inside.

The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia" was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the Soviet Union, immediately following the Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". When worn in the presence of orders and medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.