MIR:
USSR/Bulgaria Joint Flight Medals
Year: 1988
Mint/Issuer: Unknown
Mintage: Unknown
Additional Information:
On Board Pennants carried in 1988 on board Soyuz TM-5/MIR/Soyuz TM-4 (USSR-Bulgaria joint flight) by Viktor Savinykh. Medal Obverse:Depicts Soviet and Bulgarian flags with lift off Soyuz rocket.Reads "Flight of International Team on Board Orbital Complex MIR". Medal Reverse:Shows MIR station with docked Soyuz in configuration as it was in 1988. Also shown and carried in 1988 on board Soyuz TM-5/MIR/Soyuz TM-4 (USSR-Bulgariajoint flight) by Viktor Savinykh. -Bulgarian flag; -Soviet cover for that flight signed by MIR crew(Titov-Manarov) and visiting station USSR-Bulgaria team (Solovyov, Savinykh, Alexandrov).On board MIR station cover also cancelled with 3 Soviet and 1 Bulgarian on board hand stamps "Board of Orbital Space Station MIR"
