Original Soviet Ukraine medal with a pin on the back for attaching to a jacket.
Full size 8.6 x 3.2 cm, weight 18 grams.
The Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv" is 32mm in diameter circular brass medal.
The obverse bears the relief image of deployed banners and divergent beams as a background to the Kyiv monument in honour of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
A state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 10, 1982 to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Hero City of Kyiv.