Gold Star

The Gold Star medal (Russian: медаль «Золотая Звезда») is a special insignia that identifies recipients of the title "Hero" in the Soviet Union and some of its allies, and several post-Soviet states.

Read more about Gold Star:  Soviet Origin, Post-Soviet Successors, Similar Titles/Medals/Orders in Other Countries

Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or star:

    “But not gold in commercial quantities,
    Just enough gold to make the engagement rings
    And marriage rings of those who owned the farm.
    What gold more innocent could one have asked for?”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “The flame from the angel’s sword in the garden of Eden has been catalysed into the atom bomb; God’s thunderbolt became blunted, so man’s dunderbolt has become the steel star of destruction.”
    —Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)