UP FOR SALE IS ONE CITY OF KIROV COAT OF ARMS LAPEL PIN...
THE CITY OF KIROV IS LOCATED IN KIROV OBLAST, RUSSIA...
IT IS THE LARGEST CITY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER OF THE OBLAST....
IT IS LOCATED ON THE VYATKA RIVER...
THE FIRST SETTLEMENT TOOK PLACE IN THE 12TH CENTURY...IT HAS BECOME FAMOUS FOR IT'S CLAY
STATUETTES AND WHISTLES...
ONE OF IT'S MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS IS THE ASSUMPTION CATHEDRAL BUILD IN 1689...
IT WAS NOTED AS A PLACE OF EXILE FOR POLITICAL DISSIDENTS AND IS ON THE TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY...
IN 1934 IT WAS RENAMED AFTER SOVIET LEADER SERGEY KIROV WHO WAS ASSASSINATED ON DECEMBER 1ST
OF THAT YEAR...
BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED IN COLORS OF CRIMSON, DARK GREEN, BLACK AND GOLD...
PIN MEASURES 1 1/8" TALL...3/4" WIDE...VERY RARE...
A GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR YOUR COLLECTION...