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Medal - Launch of the World's First Artificial Satellite in the USSR
| Location | Soviet Union |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Composition | Tombac |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a full-length figure of a male scientist standing in a heroic pose, one arm raised upward, holding documents in the other hand, set against a launching rocket with exhaust flames in the background. The curved legend reads along the left field. The engraver's signature M. ЭШБА appears at the base of the figure. |
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| Obverse lettering | СЛАВА СОВЕТСКОЙ НАУКЕ! М. ЭШБА |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a relief depiction of the globe with the inscription СССР across the Soviet landmass, encircled by the orbital path of the satellite. The date legend arcs along the upper field, and a three-line commemorative inscription occupies the lower field. A hammer and sickle emblem appears in the lower exergue. |
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