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100 Years since the Battles Fought by a Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen on the Lysonia Mount

The coin commemorates the feat performed by a legion of Ukrainian Sich riflemen. One hundred years ago, the legion achieved a victory in the battle for the Lysonia Mount, having stopped the advance of the Russian army on the town of Berezhany during the Brusilov Offensive. The legion was a Ukrainian voluntary military unit within the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War.

100 Years since the Battles Fought by a Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen on the
Obverse: 
above is Ukraine`s small coat of arms and the legend УКРАЇНА (Ukraine); in the center against a smooth background is the following conventionalized composition: in a guilder rose wreath there is a heraldic lion standing on a cliff, which has the legend У.С.С. 1914 (U.S.R 1914) (from the emblem of Ukrainian Sich riflemen); beneath is the coin face value 5 ГРИВЕНЬ (5 hryvnias), the coin issue year 2016 and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Minting and Printing Works.
Reverse: 
there is a conventionalized composition of a military trumpeter against the outline of the modern war memorial on the Lysonia Mount and the legends 100-РІЧЧЯ БОЇВ ЛЕГІОНУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ СІЧОВИХ СТРІЛЬЦІВ (100 years since the battles fought by a legion of Ukrainian Sich riflemen) (above, semicircular) and НА ГОРІ ЛИСОНЯ (on the Lysonia Mount).
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UA706CM1
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€4.75
Mintage: 
30000
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16.54g
Diameter: 
35mm
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