Leonard Ethan's surprised expression was because he discovered a Victory Medal in the center of the box, which should be absolutely impossible to appear here.
The decision to create the Victory Medal was made after the Soviet Red Army's victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, which was the first major victory for the Soviet Union in World War II.
As a result, between 1942 and 1943, Stalin initiated the design of a series of medals named after the most outstanding generals in Russian history.
Including Alexander Suvorov, Michael Kutzov, Fyodor Ushakov, and Pavel Nahimov, the Victory Medal was designed as the highest honor during this time.
The problem is that, according to regulations, as the highest-level military medal in the Soviet Union, the Order of Victory was awarded only to generals or marshals who completed "one or several army campaigns, resulting in a fundamental change in the overall situation of the war, advantageous to the Soviet Red Army".
