Issue minted to commemorate for the 300th anniversary of the Union of Poland, Lithuania and Ruthenia in 1869.
Medal from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: under the eye of God's providence, three personifications of Poland, Lithuania and Ruthenia, the first on the right side holding a shield with three coats of arms - Poland, Lithuania and Ruthenia, below the date 1869
TRÓJ - WIEK UNII - POLSKI-LITWY-RUSI
Reverse: in the field, an inscription in nine lines ✶ / two handshakes / Z POLSKĄ, ZIEMIO GIEDYMINA / ŻYJ W BRATERSTWIE NIEROZDZIELNEM, / BO CO W BOGU SIĘ POCZYNA / TO BYĆ MUSI NIEŚMIERTELNEM / KR. O. / ZŁOTE GODY / 1569. / ✶
Bronze, diameter 32 mm, weight 12.50 g
