USSR MEDAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGIN LANDS (USSR 070) COPY OR REPLICA
USSR MEDAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGIN LANDS. COPY OR REPLICA FROM THE ORIGINAL, NOT ORIGINAL ISSUE!
Was a civilian state award established on 10-26-1956 for the development of virgin and uncultivated lands.
Was awarded to farmers, workers of state farms, construction and other organisations, the Party, government, labour and Komsomol workers for their good work in the development of virgin lands in Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Volga, the Ural and the North Caucasus for a period of usually at least two years.
Was also awarded to Yuri Gagarin right after his space flight. It became a tradition to award the Medal to many Soviet cosmonauts after that.
Circular medal 32 mm in diameter.
Obverse: ЗА ОСВОЕНИЕ ЦЕЛИННЫХ ЗЕМЕЛЬ (FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRGIN LANDS )
Without box. Own collection. Perfect condition. Well preserved!
THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE REPLICA OR COPY (IDEAL FOR HISTORICAL REENACTMENTS OR FOR COLLECTIONS). IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL MEDAL. MADE IN CAST METAL, IT DOES NOT COME FROM AN ORIGINAL USSR MINT
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