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:

    “You are as gold
    as the half-ripe grain
    that merges to gold again.
    as white as the white rain....”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “The sun descending in the west,
    The evening star does shine;
    The birds are silent in their nest,
    And I must seek for mine.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)