Medal - Chortkiv's offensive

€2.00
LocationUkraine
Year2019
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionNickel brass (German silver)
Weight16.54 g
Diameter35 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
PeriodRepublic (1991-date)
NoticeAtamanchuk Volodymyr, Demyanenko Anatoly
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Obverse descriptionAt the bottom is the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine), below which is Ukraine`s small coat of arms, on either side of which are the years 1919 and 2019; in the middle is a trident shrouded in arrowwood branches (the trident repeats Mykhailo Brynskyi’s design of the order of the Ukrainian Galician Army); the obverse has the circular legend ЗВИТЯГА УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ГАЛИЦЬКОЇ АРМІЇ (the valor of the Ukrainian Galician Army); to the right of the trident is the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.
Obverse letteringЗВИТЯГА УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ГАЛИЦЬКОЇ АРМІЇ УКРАЇНА 1919 - 2019
Obverse scriptCyrillic
Reverse descriptionThere is a conventionalized dynamic arrangement inspired by Yulian Kraikovskyi’s painting The Chortkiv Offensive. The painter participated in those events. At the center, against a smooth background is a warrior on horseback. Behind him are the contours of two horsemen; to the right is the semicircular legend ЧОРТКІВСЬКА ОФЕНЗИВА (the Chortkiv Offensive); below is the legend 07 – 28.06.1919 (7–28 June 1919), denoting the dates of the offensive military operation.
Reverse letteringЧОРТКІВСЬКА ОФЕНЗИВА 07 – 28.06.1919
Reverse scriptCyrillic
EngraverNational Bank of Ukraine Banknote
Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
Mintage2019  - Special Uncirculated - 10 000
Catalog ID6523617710
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