Medal - The rose of Lidice 25th Anniversary of Massacre

Features

Location Czechoslovakia
Period Socialist Republic (1960-1990)
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1967
Composition Gold plated bronze
Weight 27.27 g
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
137279

Commemorative issue

25th Anniversary of Massacre

Obverse

Child with arms raised in anguish; 1942/1967 to right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1942
1967

Reverse

Solitary Rose under raised letters. This rose of Lidice commemorates the 25th Anniversary of Massacre of the Village of Lidice.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIDICE

Comments

Lidice is a village in Czechoslovakia, which is in the Middle Bohemian region, district of Kladnoe. It's known for the criminal action of the Nazi regime of the SS on the 10th of June, 1942, where all men were brutally killed and the women were sent in concentration camps. The village of Lidice was burnt to the ground afterwards.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1967 

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