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:

    “The enquiring fields, courtesies
    And tribulations of the air
    Be still and give them peace:
    The girl in the gold hair
    With her young man in clover
    In shadow of the day’s glare ...”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “When you wish upon a star your dreams come true.”
    —Ned Washington (190l–1976)