| Location | Soviet Union |
| Year | 1969-1970 |
| Type | Award medals/Miscellaneous award |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 27.8 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round with a loop |
| Technique | |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Period | Soviet Union (1922-1991) |
| Notice | Obverse: Nikolay Sokolov Reverse: A.V. Kozlov |
| Reference(s) |
| Obverse description | On a matte finished obverse, the polished left profile of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin over the relief dates `1870 - 1970`. |
| Obverse lettering | 1870 - 1970 |
| Obverse script | |
| Reverse description | 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. |
| Reverse lettering | ЗА ДОБЛЕСТНЫЙ ТРУД
В ОЗНАМЕНОВАНИЕ
100-ЛЕТИЯ
СО ДНЯ РОЖДЕНИЯ
В. И. ЛЕНИНА
★ (Translation: FOR VALIANT LABOUR TO COMMEMORATE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF V.I. LENIN) |
| Reverse script | |
| Engraver | |
| Mintage | 1969 - Civilian Issue - 9 000 000 1970 - Foreigner Issue - 5 000 1970 - Military Issue - 2 000 000 |
| Catalog ID | 2537063160 |
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