Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal. All three variants, civilian, military and for award to foreigners shared the basic design. On a matte finished obverse, the polished left profile of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin over the relief dates "1870 - 1970". The reverse bore at its center the horizontal relief inscription on four lines "TO COMMEMORATE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF V.I. LENIN" (Russian: «В ОЗНАМЕНОВАНИЕ 100-ЛЕТИЯ СО ДНЯ РОЖДЕНИЯ В. И. ЛЕНИНА»), above the inscription, the relief image of the hammer and sickle, below the inscription, the relief image of a small five pointed star. The variant to Soviet civilians also bore the relief inscription along the upper medal circumference "FOR VALIANT LABOUR" (Russian: «ЗА ДОБЛЕСТНЫЙ ТРУД»), the military variant bore the relief inscription along the upper medal circumference "FOR MILITARY VALOUR" (Russian: «ЗА ВОИНСКУЮ ДОБЛЕСТЬ»), on the award to foreigners, these inscriptions were omitted.
The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a small 29mm wide by 25mm high rectangular mount covered by a 24mm wide red silk moiré ribbon with 2mm yellow edge stripes and two 1mm yellow central stripes separated by 2mm.. Metal
Time period
Second half of 20th century
Country
Russia
Material
Metal
Size
3.4 cm
Article
PC039279
Price
€ 50
Item location
68A Krasta str., Riga, Latvia
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