Instituted by decree of the Government on October 7, 1963. The medal was conferred in a single grade as a symbol of recognition for members of the armed forces of the USSR and other countries of the Warszaw pact.

The badge is a round silver medal, 30 mm of diameter. On the obverse is the image of the Grunwald Badge, slightly protruding from the medal, and superimposed on a contour of Poland. The medal has a ring circumscribed BRATERSTWO BRONI NA STRAZY POKOJU I SOCJALIZMU (brotherhood in arms on the guard of peace and socialism). On the reverse is a three line inscription MINISTERSTWO / OBRONY / NARODOWEJ (Ministry of National Defense), circumscribed POLSKA RZECZPOSPOLITA : LUDOWA (People's Republic of Poland).

The medal is mounted on a small suspension linked with two narrow chains and a suspension ring.