Description
Medal for the Defense of Leningrad ‘Polished Sky’
Made of gold plated brass. Measures 32.07 mm in width, 37.79 mm in height, including the eyelet and weighs 17.2 grams without its suspension.
This medal is in excellent condition with perfect details and most gold plating still present. The medal shows relatively few small dings and contact marks and the he double layer suspension is correct for this medal. Its old and original ribbon is incorrectly folded (typical for these early medals) and its connection ring has been cut.
These heavy gold plated, ‘proof coinage’ medals with a polished sky were produced for high ranking military personnel and officials. Extra attention was given in the production and even the eyelet and connection ring were heavily plated. Only a handful were produced.
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