Description
centre reverse features a single vertical pin
5 mm (w) x 63 mm (h)
of our world view
A private photograph depicting a Sea Battalion Enlisted soldier wielding a rifle
They were met with thousands of citizens in a civil reception
Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Delivery of Granite for the Monument to Peter the Great 1770, by Johann Jaeger Buy Now centre reverse features a singleConstructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Empress Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a large block of granite arriving in St. Petersburg for use in the construction of a monument to Tsar Peter I (the Great), topped by an inscription of (AS BOLDNESS), and situated above a date of 20 JANUARY 1770, double marked with the dedication of Johann