The Medal "For Courage" is a 34mm in diameter circular silver medal with a raised rim on both the obverse and reverse.
 On the obverse, in the upper part are three aircraft flying from right to left.
Below the aircraft is the impressed and red enamelled inscription in two lines "FOR COURAGE" (Russian: «ЗА ОТВАГУ») and below the inscription is a (T-35) tank with its forward left corner closest to the front.
The Soviet variant had the additional impressed and red enamelled inscription "USSR" (Russian «CCCP») below the tank just above and following the curvature of the medal's obverse lower rim, the current medal has no such inscription.
 The medal's reverse is plain except for an embossed letter "N" followed by an horizontal line in the lower half reserved for the award serial number, and a maker's mark below it.

The medal is secured to a standard Russian pentagonal mount by a ring through the medal suspension loop.
 The mount is covered in a silk moiré 24mm wide grey ribbon with a blue 2mm edge stripe on each side.
 The original Soviet award (1938 to 1943) hung from a small square mount covered with a red ribbon.
The Medal "For Courage" is a 34mm in diameter circular silver medal with a raised rim on both the obverse and reverse.  On the obverse, in the upper part are three aircraft flying from right to left. Below the aircraft is the impressed and red enamelled inscription in two lines "FOR COURAGE" (Russian: «ЗА ОТВАГУ») and below the inscription is a (T-35) tank with its forward left corner closest to the front. The Soviet variant had the additional impressed and red enamelled inscription "USSR" (Russian «CCCP») below the tank just above and following the curvature of the medal's obverse lower rim, the current medal has no such inscription.  The medal's reverse is plain except for an embossed letter "N" followed by an horizontal line in the lower half reserved for the award serial number, and a maker's mark below it.
The medal is secured to a standard Russian pentagonal mount by a ring through the medal suspension loop.  The mount is covered in a silk moiré 24mm wide grey ribbon with a blue 2mm edge stripe on each side.  The original Soviet award (1938 to 1943) hung from a small square mount covered with a red ribbon.
Medal "For Courage" (Russia)