Hristo Botev desk medal

The medal is silver-like, embossed and massive. On the obverse of the medal is the image of Hristo Botev. His name and the years signifying the beginning and end of his life are placed below his image. What is inscribed above the revolutionaryÂ’s image is: Â“The one who dies in a battle for freedom, lives eternally.Â”
The reverse shows the image of Radetsky steam boat which H. Botev and his Â“chetaÂ” of 200 people seized in 1876. Their attempt to fight the Ottomans ended up quickly and unsuccessfully. Still their deed, although criticized by some, was remarkable.

Additional information: Hristo Botev (1848-76), is a Bulgarian writer and freedom fighter, educated in Russia. Botev was a member of the Bulgarian liberation committee in Bessarabia and worked as a journalist in Braila. His collected patriotic poems were published in Buchurest in 1875, and had a major political impact. He also wrote sad lyric love poems. During the April Uprising in 1876 Botev seized an Austrian steam boat and crossed the Danube with his "cheta" of 200 Bulgarian immigrants from Romania.

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