Dimensions: 8 cm in diameter
Civilian patch with a fragment of Taras Shevchenko's poem "Catherine". The fragment of the poem alludes to the message of the entire work, that it is not worth tying oneself to the Muscovites, because nothing good will come to anyone in such a relationship. Taras Shevchenko - Ukrainian poet, novelist, thinker, painter, engraver, ethnographer, public figure. National hero and symbol of Ukraine.
Useful links:
https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Katarzyna_(Shevchenko,_1936)