Medal “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”, formerly belonging to Maylan Bekenov

Description

The medal is attached to a pentagonal suspension block covered with a silk moiré ribbon. The obverse bears a bust-profile portrait of I. V. Stalin in the uniform of Marshal of the Soviet Union. The circumference carries the raised inscriptions “НАШЕ ДЕЛО ПРАВОЕ” and “МЫ ПОБЕДИЛИ”. The reverse features the inscription “ЗА ДОБЛЕСТНЫЙ ТРУД”, with a hammer and sickle above and a small five-pointed star below, framed by a laurel motif. The medal is connected to the suspension block by a loop and ring; the reverse has a pin fastening. The object is associated with the working biography of Maylan Bekenov, a veteran of the oil industry of the Emba region, and represents a historical memorial of wartime labour.
Date: 1945
Material: Metal, silk moiré ribbon
Technique: Stamping, embossing, assembly
Size: Medal diameter - 32 mm; with suspension block - 4 × 9.5 cm