Russia, Imperial. A Tsar Nicholas I Prize Medal For Hard Work And Art Auction Archive and usual for this award

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The meeting took place on May 25/26

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the third and youngest son of John and Margaret Gowan of Edinburgh

Russia, Imperial. A Tsar Nicholas I Prize Medal For Hard Work And Art Auction Archive and usual for this awardConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Nicholas I, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised Cyrillic dedication for Hard Work and Art, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 50 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.