Medal Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the town of Oswiecim and the Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz (Oswiecim) in 1945 by the Soviet Army

1985

caption:
The front/obverse of this medal depicts a triangle from a prisoners’ badge and a broken flower on the background of barbed wire.

  • Medal Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the town of Oswiecim and the Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz (Oswiecim) in 1945 by the Soviet Army
  • Medal Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the town of Oswiecim and the Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz (Oswiecim) in 1945 by the Soviet Army
  • Medal Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the town of Oswiecim and the Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz (Oswiecim) in 1945 by the Soviet Army

Identifer: CJF R 0010

Medium
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Topics
Auschwitz; Victory & Liberation Medals

Collections
Holocaust Medals, Plaques, Tokens & Pins, Auschwitz Medals, Plaques, Tokens & Pins, Cincinnati Judaica Fund Research Collection

Description
This medal was issued in a small leather pouch with the seal of the Polish city of Oswiecim.  The medal was issued in bronze and is 60mm in diameter.

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