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Medal - For the Defence of Leningrad
| Location | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Award medal |
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| Obverse description | In the lower half of the field, three defenders in relief are depicted in the foreground: a helmeted Red Army soldier at right, a naval officer in the centre, and a worker at left, all advancing with rifles at the ready. Behind them, the outline of the Admiralty building in Leningrad rises in the background, its spire crowned with a five-pointed star. The curved legend «ЗА ОБОРОНУ ЛЕНИНГРАДА» arcs along the upper circumference. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The plain field bears a relief hammer and sickle emblem near the top, below which the three-line legend «ЗА НАШУ СОВЕТСКУЮ РОДИНУ» is inscribed in bold relief Cyrillic lettering centred in the field. |
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