Medal - Saint Petersburg Mint 291st anniversary

Commemorative issue

291 years of the Saint Petersburg Mint

Series: Anniversary of the SPMD

Obverse

On the obverse of the medal, in the central part, there is a relief image of the monument "Motherland" of the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery against the background of the Eternal Flame.
In the lower part - an image of a memorial plaque installed at the Mint in memory of the plant workers who died at the front and during the siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The images of the monument and the memorial plaque are framed by the St. George's ribbon in the form of a five-pointed star.
To the left and right of the star are color images of the Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Flag Tower of the Naryshkin Bastion.
In the upper part of the token, above the star - relief images of coins and medals produced at the St. Petersburg Mint of Goznak in 2015 and dedicated to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. On the right side of the token, on the raster element, there are images of the Mint trademark “SPMD” and the number “291”, visible alternately when changing the viewing angle.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Вечная память трудящимся завода
«Монетный двор»
погибшим на фронтах и дни блокады
ЛЕНИНГРАДА
в годы Великой Отечественной войны
1941-1945

Translation:
Eternal memory to the workers of the plant
"Mint Yard"
who died on the fronts and during the blockade of
LENINGRAD
during the Great Patriotic War
1941-1945

Designer: Andrey Anatolyevich Brynza

Reverse

On the reverse of the Medal, in the central part, on the raster field, there is an image of the Eternal Flame, changing its outline depending on the angle of view to the plane of the token. Below is the number "70". The images of the Eternal Flame and the number "70" are framed by a contour in the form of a five-pointed star. Around the star is an image of flying Soviet military aircraft Yak-3 against the background of the panorama of the Peter and Paul Fortress and Palace Embankment. In the lower part, to the left and right of the Eternal Flame monument, are the dates "1945" and "2015".

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
1945
2015
70
СПМД

Translation:
1945
2015
70
SPMD

Edge

Ribbed

Mint

(СПМД)

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation (1724-date)

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See also

• Palace
• Tower

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