Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg Hold He was placed with 45

He was placed with 45 Squadron in Egypt

was posted briefly to Debert Military Camp in Debert

Four rows of gray embroidery interlaced with fine aluminum wire

some gilt worn off due to age

Copper frame housing a sepia-toned image of a Prussian soldier

Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg Hold He was placed with 45Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Catherine the Great Monument in Ostrovsky Square in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic dedication from Tsar Alexander II, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic dedication and date of 1873, unmarked, measuring 36 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.