Thread: Russian Soviet Union coin with blimp/airship

Originally Posted by willieboyd2

Not many coins depict blimps or airships, but this one does.

It is a Soviet Union coin commemorating the WW2 Defense of Moscow from
the German invaders.



It shows a blimp flying in the background; the blimps were used to interfere
with enemy aircraft.

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It is very interesting historical event on this coin. At the November 1941 German troops was near the Moskow. People scared that Germans can to occupy the Moskow.
But Josef Stalin said: "I"m ready to defend the Moskow with my pistol in my hand. I"m ready to attack Germans shoulder-to-shoulder with my soldiers."
And then he directed to conduct the Military Parade in Moskow.
And at 7th November 1941 (in 24th Anniversary of the Socialist revolution) Russian troops marched on the Red Square. It was unique parade - all soldiers went from the Red Square into a trenches.

Not actually a blimp, they were called "barrage balloons". they were tethered to the ground by long metal cables that were meant to shear off the wings of low flying planes. Blimps and airships are manned, these are not.