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| Location | Russia |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a high-wheel penny-farthing bicycle (known in Russian as 'Vysoki Velosiped Pauk' or 'Spider') in fine relief against a mirror-polished field. The Cyrillic legend ВЫСОКИЙ ВЕЛОСИПЕД ПАУК curves along the left side of the border, with a decorative dentilated inner rim encircling the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | ВЫСОКИЙ ВЕЛОСИПЕД ПАУК (Translation: High Bike Spider) |
| Reverse description | Central device features a large cogwheel containing the pi symbol (π), the emblem of the Polytechnical Museum, set against a mirror-polished field with additional interlocking gear motifs in the lower portion. The curved Cyrillic legend ПОЛИТЕХНИЧЕСКОМУ МУЗЕЮ 140 ЛЕТ runs along the upper border, with the founding and commemorative dates 1872 • 2012 inscribed below the central cogwheel. |
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