The Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" consisted of two 58mm by 58mm four pointed stars crossed at a 90° angle, the top star having the vertical and horizontal points.
The rear star was enamelled light blue with gilt edges and two crossed convex oxidised silver rockets pointing towards the upper left and upper right.
The rockets' nose cones and tail sections were gilded.
The top star was made up of diverging rays, at its center, a circular medallion containing a convex five pointed star within an oak wreath on a blue background, surrounded by a white enamelled ribbon with the inscription: "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Russian: «За службу Родине в ВС СССР») on the sides and top, and the image of the hammer and sickle at the bottom.
The central medallion was superimposed over an oxidized silver anchor and wings protruding from the top, bottom and both sides.
The Order weighed 64,5 grams.

The main differences between the three classes of the Order:
1st class - top four pointed star and central five pointed star were gilded;
2nd class - top four pointed star was silver and the central five pointed star was gilded;
3rd class - top four pointed star and central five pointed star were silver.

The ribbons to be worn on the uniform in the ribbon bar when the Order wasn't worn were:
1st class - blue with a 6mm wide yellow central stripe;
2nd class - blue with two 3mm wide yellow central stripes 1mm apart;
3rd class - blue with three 2mm wide yellow central stripes 1mm apart.
The Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" consisted of two 58mm by 58mm four pointed stars crossed at a 90° angle, the top star having the vertical and horizontal points. The rear star was enamelled light blue with gilt edges and two crossed convex oxidised silver rockets pointing towards the upper left and upper right. The rockets' nose cones and tail sections were gilded. The top star was made up of diverging rays, at its center, a circular medallion containing a convex five pointed star within an oak wreath on a blue background, surrounded by a white enamelled ribbon with the inscription: "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Russian: «За службу Родине в ВС СССР») on the sides and top, and the image of the hammer and sickle at the bottom. The central medallion was superimposed over an oxidized silver anchor and wings protruding from the top, bottom and both sides. The Order weighed 64,5 grams.
The main differences between the three classes of the Order:
1st class - top four pointed star and central five pointed star were gilded;
2nd class - top four pointed star was silver and the central five pointed star was gilded;
3rd class - top four pointed star and central five pointed star were silver.
The ribbons to be worn on the uniform in the ribbon bar when the Order wasn't worn were:
1st class - blue with a 6mm wide yellow central stripe;
2nd class - blue with two 3mm wide yellow central stripes 1mm apart;
3rd class - blue with three 2mm wide yellow central stripes 1mm apart.
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"