07-30-2010, 06:05 PM
Table medal with original box concession, as Hero City Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
The plaque was delivered during the anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967, and is made by the famous Soviet sculptor N. Sokolov, for the Leningrad Mint.
It is made using solid brass, with a thickness of 5 mm, a diameter of 65 mm, weighing 151 grams, and a total weight of 211 gr box.
In front of the plate you can see Lenin, with his typical and famous pose.
On the back appears the concessions of the city, Hero City title, two Orders of Lenin, Order of October Revolution and the Order of the Red Banner. Also see the Neva river and sailing on it, the cruiser Aurora, which participated in 1905 in the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) as part of the second Pacific squadron. During World War I, operated in Batic Fleet and during the Great Patriotic War the cruiser was badly damaged in the port of Oranienbaum during the defense of Leningrad.
But what is known by Soviet, was by what happened in 1917, and that fired the shot that gave the signal for the start of the Bolshevik Revolution.
It is now a floating museum and symbol of the city of St. Petersburg.
The plaque was delivered during the anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967, and is made by the famous Soviet sculptor N. Sokolov, for the Leningrad Mint.
It is made using solid brass, with a thickness of 5 mm, a diameter of 65 mm, weighing 151 grams, and a total weight of 211 gr box.
In front of the plate you can see Lenin, with his typical and famous pose.
On the back appears the concessions of the city, Hero City title, two Orders of Lenin, Order of October Revolution and the Order of the Red Banner. Also see the Neva river and sailing on it, the cruiser Aurora, which participated in 1905 in the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) as part of the second Pacific squadron. During World War I, operated in Batic Fleet and during the Great Patriotic War the cruiser was badly damaged in the port of Oranienbaum during the defense of Leningrad.
But what is known by Soviet, was by what happened in 1917, and that fired the shot that gave the signal for the start of the Bolshevik Revolution.
It is now a floating museum and symbol of the city of St. Petersburg.
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