#48B • Disarmament Medal-Soviet- Ocean Peace Coin

Part of Red Gallery - Vintage Harley-Davidson, Furniture, Jewelry, Outdoors (timed auction by K and B Auction)

High bid $11.00

Status: Sold

Russian Disarmament Medal- Soviet- Peace to the Oceans Committee- 1992-1993. "Action of Reconciliation and Memory- Baltic Sea 1941-1945" numbered #028. Made of Brass alloy from recently scrapped Soviet Navy Cruiser. The medal is very well-made, nice and heavy, in solid brass, measuring 50.2 mm in diameter. The inscription is in English and Russian. The medal was commissioned by the Peace for the Oceans Committee which was organized in 1987 as part of the Soviet Peace Fund. The complete name of the committee was International Committee for Peace, Disarmament and Ecological Safety at Seas and Oceans", but it was usually referred to simply as Peace for the Oceans Committee. The medal was apparently intended as a fundraiser for the committee, to be sold as a souvenir commemorating the end of the Cold War. "This medal is dedicated to the peace-making humane "International Action of Reconciliation and Memory" held at the Baltic Sea in memory of the over 100 thousand perished sailors and over 4000 sunken ships and vessels of many countries of Europe during the war of 1941-1945. The medal is made of ship's brass alloy. It has it own number and is of great value as a memory of the perished." With certificate and case. BP