A sign in honor of the delivery of the 2nd stage of the "L.M. Kaganovich Metro 1938"

An original and rather rare sign in excellent condition. Silver, enamel. In the center of the obverse of the sign is a relief image of a subway car leaving the tunnel. At the bottom of the sign there is an arch with the sign of the Moscow metro and the year of issue – "1938". In the upper part of the sign there is an inscription in a semicircle – "Metro im. Kaganovich" and the crossed hammer and sickle. Red banners are depicted on the left and right edges of the sign. The canvas of the banners and the metro sign are filled with red hot enamel. The reverse of the sign is flat with a recess and a groove, a threaded pin is soldered in the center, the number 4295 is applied in the lower part with a punch. Guarantee of authenticity.

In June 1931, the first secretary of the Moscow Committee of the CPSU (b), L. M. Kaganovich, promoted at the party plenum a decision to urgently build a subway. In November 1931, the City Committee presented a project of the Moscow metro lines. The first stage of construction was approved: from Sokolniki to the future construction site of the Palace of Soviets (Cathedral of Christ the Savior) and from Smolenskaya Square to the library named after him. Lenin. The Moscow Metro was opened on May 15, 1935. At 5 hours 48 minutes, the current was turned on in the subway and after 4 minutes the first train left the depot. At 6:45 a.m., the doors of the aboveground lobbies opened. The launch complex included 11.5 km of highway, 13 stations and 14 trains. The first stage went from the Sokolniki station to the Park Kultury station, with a branch to Smolenskaya.

On September 10, 1935, the technical project and the general estimate for the construction of the second stage of the Moscow Metro, carried out by the Metroproject team, was completed and submitted for approval to the People's Commissariat of Industry of the USSR. The project of the second stage of the metro fully takes into account and reflects the experience of construction and operation of the 1st stage of the metro and introduces a number of significant changes and improvements both in terms of design and in methods of organization, mechanization and production of works.