Commemorative token "In Memory of the First Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition of the USSR. 1923"

Commemorative token “In Memory of the First Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition of the USSR. 1923”

Commemorative token “In Memory of the First Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition of the USSR. 1923”
USSR. Not earlier than 1923.
Russian language
Brass
37×32 mm
Author unknown.

From the very first days after the victory of October, V.I. Lenin raised the question of the need for material and moral incentives to work. One of the first rewards was this token. On the opening day of the exhibition, 15 August 1923, 6 thousand builders of the exhibition were awarded with this token. It is noteworthy that this token was one of the first with the word “USSR”.

ГИМ 112277/513
ФМЛ Б-5033
ГК 18154023