MEDAL OF 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF POLTAVA
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Gilt bronze medal. Obverse has bust of Peter I facing left. Reverse contains Cyrillic inscription. The medal is suspended by bronze hanging loop from St. Andrew ribbon.
- Object name:
- MEDAL OF 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF POLTAVA
- Made from:
- gilt bronze -- ribbon
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1909
- Size:
- Dia. 1 3/32 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.114
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- DATE; INSCRIPTION 1709-1909; Poltava 1709 know this of Peter, life is not dear to him, it is only that Russia should live 1909 (in Cyrillic).
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Peter M. Rouzitsky, 1977