Description: USSR MEDAL Maternity 1 CLASS GENUINE SOVIET gift for mom STERLING SILVER 4 Medal Regulations. The Motherhood Medal is awarded to mothers who have given birth and raised five and six children. The medal "Medal of Motherhood" is awarded on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR by decrees of the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the Union and Autonomous Republics. The medal "Medal of motherhood" consists of two degrees: I and II degrees. The highest degree of the medal is I degree. The medal "Medal of Motherhood" is awarded to: mothers who gave birth and raised five children - a medal of the II degree;mothers who gave birth and raised six children - a medal of the 1st degree;A medal of the corresponding degree is awarded when the last child reaches the age of one year and if there are other children of this mother alive. When awarding a medal, children are also taken into account: adopted by the mother in the manner prescribed by law;dead or missing in the defense of the USSR or in the performance of other duties of military service, or in the performance of the duty of a citizen of the USSR to save human life, to protect socialist property and socialist law and order, as well as those who died as a result of wounds, contusions, injuries or diseases received during the specified circumstances, or as a result of an industrial injury or occupational disease.Mothers with six children are awarded only one medal of the 1st degree. The medal “Medal of Motherhood” I and II degree is worn on the left side of the chest and, if the recipient has other orders and medals, is placed next to them or below them [2]. Description of the medal. The medal "Medal of Motherhood" I degree is made of silver 925, and has the shape of a regular circle with a diameter of 29 mm. The silver content in the 1st degree medal is 16.60 g. The total weight of the 1st degree medal without a block is 17.453 ± 0.62 g [31]. On the front side of the medal there is a bust profile image of a mother and child. In the upper left part of the medal there is a convex five-pointed star with rays radiating from it. There is a narrow laurel wreath around the circumference of the medal. At the bottom of the medal there is a ribbon with the inscription “USSR” on it. On the reverse side of the medal in the center there is an image of a sickle and a hammer and the inscription “MEDAL” in the upper part along the circumference and “MOTHERHOOD” in the lower part along the circumference. All images and inscriptions on the medal are convex. The medal, with the help of an eyelet and a ring, is connected to a metal, covered with white enamel, a block in the form of a bow, intercepted in the middle by a patterned gilded plate. The bow is bordered with two blue stripes. On the reverse side of the block there is a pin for attaching the medal to clothing. History of the medal. The author of the drawing of the medal is the artist Zhukov N.I. [7].
Price: 44 USD
Location: Schenectady, New York
End Time: 2023-11-13T15:06:59.000Z
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