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Token - Yuri Gagarin
| Location | Russia |
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| Year | 1968 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing bust of Yuri Gagarin in military uniform and peaked cap adorned with a Soviet star emblem, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. A Cyrillic legend curves along the upper rim identifying him as the world's first cosmonaut, with his birth and death dates flanking the portrait in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A MiG-15UTI jet aircraft depicted in dynamic descent against a mirror-polished field, with stylised speed lines and smoke fragments suggesting a crash. A rural winter landscape with pine trees and fields is shown in the lower portion of the field, referencing the crash site. A numbered cartouche (No. 07) appears in the upper right, and a hallmark cartouche is visible at lower right. |
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