Medal - 10th anniversary of December 1970 1980 front Medal - 10th anniversary of December 1970 1980 back
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Medal - 10th anniversary of December

1980 year
- - 38 mm
Description
Location
Poland
Period
Polish People's Republic (1952-1989)
Type
Medals › Commemorative medals
Year
1980
Diameter
38 mm
Thickness
3 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#360092
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Four irregularly arranged coats of cities: Gdańsk, Szczecin, Elbląg and Gdynia.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
W DZIESIĄTĄ ROCZNICĘ WYDARZEŃ GRUDNIOWYCH W GDAŃSKU
SOLIDARNOŚĆ

Edge

Plain

Comment

Occasional medal minted on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to the victims of December 70.
The monument to the fallen shipyard workers of 1970, located on the obverse of the medal, located at Solidarności Square in Gdańsk, was designed, among others by Bogdan Pietruszka, Art and Medalier,
Crosses of 42 meters high (each weighing 36 tons) are the tribute to the memory of the first three shipyard workers lost by the Citizens' Militia and the Polish Army.