MEDAL FOR CAPTURE OF PARIS, MARCH 19, 1814
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Silver medal with laurel crowned bust of Alexander I facing right beneath an all-seeing eye. Reverse has a Cyrillic inscription surrounded by laurels. Medal is suspended from a small piece of St. Andrew/St. George ribbon.
- Object name:
- MEDAL FOR CAPTURE OF PARIS, MARCH 19, 1814
- Made from:
- Silver -- ribbon
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1826
- Size:
- 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.98
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- DATE; INSCRIPTION 1814; For the taking of Paris March 19, 1814 in Cyrillic
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Peter M. Rouzitsky, 1977