Russia (USSR, Leningrad mint) Bronze (Tombac) Medal 1966 - In Memory of the 725th Anniversary of the Battle on the Ice

61mm. 100.19g. About UNC. 

Mintage 631 pcs. 

Medalier: A. G. Knorre. 

Shkurko, Salykov 432. 

Rare. 

Obv.: Bust of Alexander Nevsky facing right, in a conical helmet with chainmail aventail and lamellar armor; behind him upright spears and battle standards. To the right, stylized ancient Russian church architecture. 

Vertical inscription left and horizontal inscription below: 

АЛЕКСАНДР 

НЕВСКИЙ 

(Alexander Nevsky). 

Rev.: Mounted Alexander Nevsky charging right with raised sword and shield; flanked by armed warriors with spears and banners on both sides. Below, stylized ice floes. 

Circular inscription around: 

КТО С МЕЧОМ К НАМ ПРИДЁТ, ОТ МЕЧА И ПОГИБНЕТ 

(Whoever comes to us with the sword shall perish by the sword). 

The Battle on the Ice took place on 5 April 1242 on the frozen Lake Peipus, involving the Novgorod forces under Alexander Nevsky and the troops of the Livonian Order, supported by units of the Bishopric of Dorpat. According to Russian and Livonian written sources, the engagement concluded the Livonian campaign in the region for that season and led to a withdrawal from the frontier zone. It is one of the better documented military encounters in the northeastern Baltic during the mid-13th century. 

Issue historically associated with present-day Estonia.