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Medal - Kirov Opera

Location United Kingdom
Year 1987
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Weight 53.75 g
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Obverse description Central relief depicting the neoclassical facade of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, framed by parted stage curtains with tasseled ropes on either side. Comedy and tragedy masks flank the building at left and right, with floral sprays in the lower field. The legend arcs around the upper and lower rim.
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Reverse description Central relief depicting a three-quarter perspective view of the Mariinsky Theatre in Leningrad, with its distinctive neoclassical facade and dome, framed by parted curtains with tasseled ropes and floral sprays on either side. A pair of comedy and tragedy masks appears at the top of the field on a scroll-shaped banner bearing the event legend. The sponsor's name is inscribed along the lower rim.
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