A Russian Imperial Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War Auction Archive 25 mm x 370 mm

25 mm x 370 mm

in bronze gilt and blue enamels

green-tinged khaki wool upper

He served in the Balkans

this hewer features a 267 mm nickel plated steel blade

A Russian Imperial Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War Auction Archive 25 mm x 370 mmBronze gilt, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Tsar Alexander I, reverse inscribed in Russian "1812 This Glorious Year Went By, But The Heroic Deeds Then Performed Will Never Pass 1912", 28. 2 mm, integral suspension, moderate gilt wear on the obverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on August 12, 1912 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of the