Zhigulevsky Kombinat
Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye.
Colors:
Inscription on cap: "Жигулевское пиво" around, in the middle VF in triangle.
The brewery sign in the middle is under 1924. It's hard to identify the period, likely it's from early USSR or late Russian Empire.
It's the oldest crown cap from Russia!
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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye.
Inscription on cap: "Жигулевское пиво" around, in the middle VF in triangle.
Smaller diameter comparing with RU340101-1010. Both caps are on the additional photo.
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Zhigulevsky Brewing Kombinat
Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1961.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - Жигулевский к-т, along the outer one - Жигулевское
Similar to RU340101-1001 but made of aluminum.
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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1961.
Colors:
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевский к-т", along the outer one - "Жигулевское".
No price is shown. The date is displaced from the middle.
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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское б/п", along the outer one - "Жигулевский к-т ц. 25 к". Exactly the same text as on RU340101-0001 but with a smaller font.
The font of 1-3 is smaller.
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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumstance - "Жигулевское б/п", along the outer one - "Жигулевский к-т ц. 25 к".
Similar to RU340101-1002 but made with smaller letters. Color - greenish tint.
© Image by Vyacheslav Morozov
Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское б/п", along the outer one - "Жигулевский к-т ц. 25 к".
This variation is similar to RU340101-1002 but is made of aluminum.
The font of 4-31 is bigger.
© Image by Art Zhitnik
Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Colors:
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское б/п", along the outer one - "Жигулевский к-т ц. 25 к".
© Image by Art Zhitnik
Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1970-1972.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское б.п. 25к.", along the outer one - "Жигулевский к-т ГОСТ3473-69".
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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Production period: 1970-1972.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевско б.п. 25к.", along the outer one - "Жигулевский к-т ГОСТ3473-69".
An extremely rare and amusing variation. There is "Жигулевско" instead of "Жигулевское" (the last letter is absent).
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Zhigulevsky Brewing Plant
Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1973-1978.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское б.п. 25к.", along the outer one - "Жигулевский з-д ГОСТ3473-69".
Besides having a different standard number (ГОСТ), this variation differs from RU340101-100 by having "з-д" instead of "к-т". There are other variations without a dot between "з" and "д".
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Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1978-1979.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - Жигулевское б.п. 25к., along the outer one - Жигулевский з-д ГОСТ3473-78.
A very rare cap: the cap was restruck with the year "69" on top of the original year shown,"78", which was an accident.
© Image by Vyacheslav Morozov
Embossed steel. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: 1979-1985.
Colors:
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "Жигулевское б.п. 25к.", along the outer one - "Жигулевский з-д ГОСТ3473-78".
There are other variations made of steel and with different colors.
© Image by Vyacheslav Morozov
