American Numismatic Society: Bronze Medal of Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, Leningrad, 1918

Obverse: 1919 in ex. - Civil War battle scene; five soldiers, one on horseback, one crawling, advancing r.

Reverse: Names of Civil War battles around rim: PETROGRAD TSARITSYN UFA PEREKOP SIVASH/VOLOCHAEVKA PSKOV KAKHOVKA ASTRAKHAN BOUKHARA//THE GLORY OF THESE DAYS WILL NEVER FADE [at center of field] - Soviet emblem, flanked, l. and r., by five-pointed stars, in field above legend.

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 135.511
- Diameter (in mm): 70

Typological Description

Object Type: Medal
Date Range: 1918 - 1922
Date on Object
- Date: 1963
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Bronze
Symbol: obv., in ex., at left: M.MANIZER
Authority
- Artist: Manizer, M.G.
- Maker: Leningrad Mint
Geographic
- Place of Production: Leningrad
- Place of Cataloging Relevance: Russia
- Place of Cataloging Relevance: USSR
Obverse
- Portrait: Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

References

Reference: Shkurko.326.a

Administrative History

Identifier: 2000.16.205
Lot: 2000.16
Department: Medals and Decorations
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Description

This medal is part of the series of 12 dedicated to the life of V.I. Lenin. Altogether, over 1970 medals of this type were issued.

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Bronze Medal of Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, Leningrad, 1918–1922. 2000.16.205

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