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It may not be that old but.......its Russian...:-)
by coinsarefun on 13 May, 2011 01:07
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And I wish I knew what the Commemorative medal was about  I forgot I even had this one 
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by cpm9ball on 13 May, 2011 18:04
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Stef, I'm going to "borrow" your photos to post on CT to ask Eugene, aka Siberian Man, to translate it for you.
Chris
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by coinsarefun on 13 May, 2011 19:49
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Ok, thanks Chrid.
Maybe ask it's value too
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by cpm9ball on 14 May, 2011 06:46
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I got the translation from Eugene Michailovich, aka Siberian Man, who lives in Tomsk.
Commemorative medal: "250th Anniversary - naval battle in Gangut". Portrait of Peter the Great. "It's truly impossible to describe the courage of Russian soldiers!"
Chris
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by coinsarefun on 14 May, 2011 12:42
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I got the translation from Eugene Michailovich, aka Siberian Man, who lives in Tomsk.
Commemorative medal: "250th Anniversary - naval battle in Gangut". Portrait of Peter the Great. "It's truly impossible to describe the courage of Russian soldiers!"
Chris
Thanks Chris, was there a value mentioned?
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by cpm9ball on 14 May, 2011 18:55
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Unfortunately, no.
Chris
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by Scottishmoney on 15 May, 2011 16:38
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To understand the significance of this commemoration, you have to factor the era in which this medal was issued. In my days in the later USSR Tsarist references were a lot more tolerated, yes tolerated. But in the mid 1960's referencing historical events that occurred in Tsarist era necessitated a lot more justification. It is very possible to find table medals from that era that collectors in USSR saved - but they usually deal with socialist ideals etc. Something referencing a 250 years prior naval battle really had to have some significance - particularly for the Soviet naval historians and people who served in the Soviet navy.
When I collected medals, I avoided the Lenin, labour etc stuff and went more for scientific, historical stuff for my collection.
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by coinsarefun on 15 May, 2011 19:07
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To understand the significance of this commemoration, you have to factor the era in which this medal was issued. In my days in the later USSR Tsarist references were a lot more tolerated, yes tolerated. But in the mid 1960's referencing historical events that occurred in Tsarist era necessitated a lot more justification. It is very possible to find table medals from that era that collectors in USSR saved - but they usually deal with socialist ideals etc. Something referencing a 250 years prior naval battle really had to have some significance - particularly for the Soviet naval historians and people who served in the Soviet navy.
When I collected medals, I avoided the Lenin, labour etc stuff and went more for scientific, historical stuff for my collection.
Thanks Scottishmoney for the info and good to see you back posting again, we missed you 
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