Issued to commemorate the pilgrimage of Pope John Paul II to Gniezno in June 1979.
Medal made in the United Economic Teams.
Obverse: bust of the pope slightly to the left
JOHN / PAUL II / POPE / FROM POLAND
Reverse: figure of St. Adalbert with a crosier and a cross in his hands, on the left the Gniezno doors, around them GEMMA-CIVI-TAS, on the right GNIEZNOJUNE 1979
Cast bronze, diameter 99 mm, weight 320 g