Rare silver-plated brass issue minted on the occasion of the 292nd anniversary of the conclusion of the Union of Lublin between Poland and Lithuania, which was concluded on July 1, 1569, Lviv on August 12, 1861.
Variety without rays around angels.
Locket from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: an anchor with a symbolic belt and an image of Concordia, surrounded by 8 six-pointed stars, higher up crowned figures of the Virgin Mary and Child, both figures in starry haloes
1569 DWUNASTY SIERPNIA 1861
Reverse: on the altar there is a cross held by two angels, below there are two coats of arms, with the Polish Eagle and the Lithuanian Knight an inscription on the pedestal WIECZNY / ŚLUB
PAMIĄ:ROCZNICY UNII LITWY Z KORONĄ
Silver-plated brass, dimensions 26 x18 mm, weight 2.58 g
