Variations RU370103-0001
Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - ЛПЗ Кр. Бавария, along the outer one - Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос.
The font is bigger on this cap. This variation has number of differences: 1) the "К" letter inside and the "Ж" letter outside are close to each other; 2) there is a different "У" letter in "Жигулевское"; 3) the "3" letter in ЛПЗ has straight ends.
In addition, there many minor variations, with defective stamps of some letters: the letter "Л" is absent from ЛПЗ, the letter "Р" in not complete, and the first letter "А" in "Бавария" differs...
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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - ЛПЗ Кр. Бавария, along the outer one - Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос
The font is of average size. This variation has number of differences: 1) the "К" letter inside and "Ж" letter outside are close to each other; 2) there is a different "У" letter in "Жигулевское"; 3) the "З" letter in ЛПЗ has round ends; 4) there is no dot after "б/пос".
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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - ЛПЗ Кр. Бавария, along the outer one - Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос
The font is medium size. Major differences: 1) the letter "К" starts from the middle of the letter "Ж"; 2) there are long spaces between "Л", "П" and "З" in the abbreviation ЛПЗ; 3) the letter "У" has different font in the word "Жигулевское"; 3) the ends of "З" in ЛПЗ are straight; 4) there is no dot after "б/пос"; 5) in the large 25, there is not the curved end of the "5" number in the center.
© Image by Art Zhitnik
Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - ЛПЗ Кр. Бавария, along the outer one - Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос
This cap has a medium-sized font. There are two major features of this variation: 1) the letter "К" starts at the end of the "Ж"; 2) the gap between "Л", "П" and "З" in the abbreviation ЛПЗ is even longer than on RU370103-0001C.
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Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - ЛПЗ Кр. Бавария, along the outer one - Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос.
The font is of medium size. Comparing this cap to RU370103-0001A, it has a different "У" letter. The ends of "З" in "ЛПЗ" are straight, unlike on RU370103-0001B. Also, the letters in the abbreviation "ЛПЗ" are stamped close to each other, unlike on RU370103-0001D. The letter "К" starts at the end of the letter "Ж".
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Basic variation
Embossed aluminum. Embossed outside. Beer. Zhigulevskoye. Production period: before 1969.
Inscription on cap: along the inner circumference - "ЛПЗ Кр. Бавария", along the outer one - "Жигулевское Цена 25 к.б/пос." Narrow font.
There are variations without some letters, for example only "Л" instead of "ЛПЗ"...
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