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Medal - Poland’s Millennium of Christianity

Medal - Poland’s Millennium of Christianity - obverseMedal - Poland’s Millennium of Christianity - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Commemorative medals
Year 1966
Weight 26.2 g
Diameter 40.5 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
436893

Commemorative issue

Millennial of the Baptism of Poland

Obverse

Small eagle from Poland’s Coat of Arms with a detailed cross on the front of it, in front of the bottom of a cross

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TYSIĄCLECIE POLSKI CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKIEJ
POLAND’S MILLENNIUM OF CHRISTIANITY
WELLINGS B·I E·G·J·P

Reverse

Large eagle with a detailed cross identical to the one on the obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Poland’s Millennium
966 1966
Millennium Polski

Edge

Plain

Mint

Wellings Mint, Rexdale, Canada

Comments

The Baptism of Poland was a ceremony when the first ruler of the Polish state, Mieszko I, and much of his court converted to the Christian religion.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1966 

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