The Jubilee Medal “XX Years of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on January 24, 1938 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Armed Forces.
The Jubilee Medal “XX Years of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” was awarded to staff and commanding officers of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and Navy who had, as of February 23, 1938 (the Day of the Red Army), served for 20 years in its ranks, and to those honoured during the Civil War and the war for freedom and independence of the motherland in units of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and Navy; to those awarded the Order of the Red Banner for distinguished service during the Civil War.
The time served in the units and detachments of the Red Guards and the Red guerrilla groups that operated against the enemies of Soviet power between 1917 and 1921 counted towards award of the medal
