| Location | Soviet Union |
| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Souvenir medallion |
| Composition | |
| Weight | |
| Diameter | 65 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Notice | Shmakova |
| Reference(s) |
| Obverse description | Yuri Gagarin. Kremlin tower. |
| Obverse lettering | СССР 12 АПРЕЛЯ 1961 (Translation: USSR 12 April 1961) |
| Obverse script | |
| Reverse description | Earth, spaceship Vostok-1. |
| Reverse lettering | СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК ВОСТОК В ЧЕСТЬ ПЕРВОГО В МИРЕ ПОЛЕТА ЧЕЛОВЕКА В КОСМОС (Translation: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Vostok In honor of the first in the World of flight Human into the Space) |
| Reverse script | |
| Engraver | Saint Petersburg, Russia (1724-date) |
| Mintage | 1961 - - |
| Catalog ID | 4217649170 |
| Comments |
