Set: Zhukov Medal and Certificate Awarded to Reserve Corporal Tobaniyaz Bozhigitov

Description

The set consists of the Zhukov Medal and its accompanying certificate awarded to Reserve Corporal Tobaniyaz Bozhigitov. The medal is made of gold-colored metal and has a circular form. The obverse features a relief bust portrait of Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy K. Zhukov, with the inscription “MARSHAL ZHUKOV” around the upper circumference. The medal is attached to a pentagonal suspension covered with moiré ribbon. The certificate is a folded booklet containing text in Kazakh and Russian. The recipient’s rank and name, “Reserve Corporal Tobaniyaz Bozhigitov,” as well as the date of issue, 22 February 1997, are entered by hand. Official stamps of the Zhylyoi District Military Commissariat and signatures are preserved. The award was presented pursuant to the decision of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS member states dated 26 May 1995. The object has historical, memorial, and local historical significance.
Date: 22 February 1997
Material: Paper, cardboard, metal, textile
Technique: Typographic printing, factory production
Size: Certificate - 9 × 12 cm; medal diameter - approx. 4 cm