40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
€359,411.00
Location
Soviet Union
Year
1985
Type
Commemorative medals/Military medal
Composition
Brass
Weight
20.0 g
Diameter
32.0 mm
Thickness
2.64 mm
Shape
Round with a loop
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Soviet Union (1922-1991)
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
On the obverse in the background, fireworks on both sides of the Kremlin`s Spasskaya Tower within the relief outline of a large five pointed star positioned slightly off center to the right; the star`s lower points superimposed over the relief image of laurel branches along the medal`s lower circumference going halfway up both sides; at lower center going up three quarters of the way, the relief image of a soldier holding a machine gun, his right arm in the air, to his right, a female worker and to his left, a collective farmer. In the upper part, on both sides of the tower superimposed over the star`s outline, the prominent relief dates `1945` and `1985`.
Obverse lettering
1945–1985
Obverse script
Reverse description
On the reverse along the upper medal circumference the relief inscription `WAR PARTICIPANT` (Russian: «УЧАСТНИКУ ВОЙНЫ»), in the center, the relief inscription on seven lines `40 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945` (Russian: «40 лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.»). At the bottom, the relief image of the hammer and sickle over a Ribbon of St. George.
Reverse lettering
УЧАСТНИКУ ВОЙНЫ
40 лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945
гг. (Translation: War participant 40 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945)
Reverse script
Cyrillic
Engraver
Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
