Token - Valery Chkalov

Features

Location Russia
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Year 2009
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 39.25 g
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
109461

Commemorative issue

105th Anniversary of the Birth of V.P. Chkalov

Obverse

Portrait of Valery Chkalov.

Lettering:
В.П. ЧКАЛОВ
105
лет
со дня
рождения
1904
1938
СПМД
Ag-925
39,25

Translation:
V.P. Chkalov
105th Anniversary of the Birth
SPMD

Reverse

Plane.

Lettering:
15 декабря
1938 года
№ 074

Translation: December 15, 1938

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd (СПМД) Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)

Comments

Chkalov achieved several milestones in Aviation. In 1936 and 1937, he participated in several ultra long flights, including a 63-hour flight from Moscow, Soviet Union to Vancouver, Washington, United States via the North Pole on an Tupolev ANT-25 plane (June 18–20, 1937), a non-stop distance of 8,811 kilometres. The flight pioneered the polar air route from Europe to the American Pacific Coast.
Chkalov died on 15 December 1938 while piloting a prototype of the Polikarpov I-180 fighter, which crashed during her maiden test flight.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (2009) СПМД Prooflike

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