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MEDAL FOR ZEAL IN REIGN OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER III

Creator(s): P. L. Steinman (Engraver)

Currently in storage


About this object

Obverse: Profile of Alexander III facing right surrounded by inscription in Cyrillic. On reverse: inscription within five concentric circles. Suspended from two loops from a red silk moiré ribbon

Object name:
MEDAL FOR ZEAL IN REIGN OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER III
Made from:
Gilt metal -- silk moiré ribbon
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
1881-1894
Size:
5.1 cm (2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
18.102
Class:
ORDER
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION; MARK on back: Za Ucerdie in Cyrillic (For Zeal), on front: B.M. (For Grace of God-Bozhieiu Milostiu) Aleksandr III, Imperator i Samoderzh vse ross in Cyrillic (Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia), L. Steinman P. in Cyrillic for medal modeler
Credit line:
Gift of Mrs. Peter M. Rouzitsky, 1977