British veterans present Arctic Star medal to WWII museum in Moscow

Dec 05 2013

Pavel Gazdyuk

Ilya Krol

RBTH

British and Russian veterans of the Arctic convoys came together to present an Arctic Star medal to the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow.

The veterans were joined by Russian officials and diplomats from the embassies of its Second World War allies, Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand for the presentation ceremony last week.

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