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Medal - Hydrometeorological Service 50th Anniversary

Location Soviet Union
Year 1971
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description The obverse features a relief depiction of a Soviet weather satellite in the upper field, above a stylized globe showing meridian and parallel lines with the inscription СССР across its equatorial band and cloud formations in relief. The circular legend along the rim reads ГИДРОМЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ СЛУЖБА, with the Roman numeral dates MCMXXI, L, and MCMLXXI arranged along the lower rim flanking a rectangular cartouche containing the numeral L.
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Obverse lettering ГИДРОМЕТЕОРОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ СЛУЖБА СССР MCMXXI L MCMLXXI
Reverse description The reverse bears a large block-capital Cyrillic text inscription filling the entire field, arranged in multiple centered lines across the flat surface with no other decorative elements, recording Lenin's 1921 decree establishing the meteorological service of the RSFSR.
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