Commemorative badge To the Residents of Besieged Leningrad

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TO THE RESIDENTS OF BESIEGED LENINGRAD, a commemorative medal, instituted by the Executive Committee of the Leningrad Soviet of 23 January 1989. The decoration was conferred upon those people who lived in Leningrad during the siege of 1941-44 for four months or more. The medal was stamped at the mint with a design by artist S.A. Kornilov on a round brass base 27 millimetres in diameter. The medal's obverse face shows the image of a broken ring against the background of the Main Admiralty, a tongue of fire, a laurel bough and a legend which reads, "900 days, 900 nights." The medal's reverse face bears an image of the hammer and sickle and the legend, "To the Resident of Besieged Leningrad." The plaque has a rectangular metal enamelled ribbon; the colour of enamel is the same as that of the ribbon of the Defence of Leningrad medal. From 30 April 1990, the recipients of the badge are considered equal to those who fought in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45.

G. V. Kalashnikov. Kornilov S.A.
Leningrad Soviet
Siege of 1941-44
St. Petersburg Mint
St. Petersburg Mint
1989