- Time Period: Post-WW2
- Year of Institution: 28 December 1981
- Country: Russia & USSR
The Honored Inventor of the USSR Medal (or Заслуженный изобретатель СССР, Zaslužennyj izobretatel’ SSSR in Russian) was established on December 28, 1981, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet № 6277-X and awarded for innovative proposals in technology.
The Honorary Title was awarded to the authors of inventions, for opening new avenues in the development of engineering and technology, or that had a particularly important economic value. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the main conferring authority of the award based on recommendations from the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries of the USSR and the Central Council of the All-Union Society of Inventors and Innovators.
The chest badge was worn on the right side of the chest and in the presence of other awards of the USSR, placed above them.
The Honored Inventor of the USSR Medal Design
The chest badge is circular, measures 30mm in diameter, and is struck in gold-plated tombac.
On its obverse, a red enameled five-pointed star over a hammer and sickle and gears, the upper tip of the sickle becoming a missile in flight arcs around the right side of the star to a point at its upper left. Following the left, top, and right medal circumference, the relief inscription Заслуженный изобретатель (“Honored Inventor”), near the bottom, a red enameled rectangle bearing the gilt inscription CCCP (“USSR”).
On the otherwise plain reverse, the relief inscription “Заслуженный изобретатель СССР – творец научно-технического прогресса” (“Honored inventor of the USSR – creator of scientific and technological progress”).
The medal was secured to a gilt tombac 24,5mm wide x 16mm high rectangular mount by a ring through the suspension loop. The mount was covered by a scarlet silk moiré ribbon. A gilt tombac laurel branch was affixed to the ribbon.
