Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The Treaty Of Nystad Buy Now SOUTH AFRICA 1902

SOUTH AFRICA 1902

reproduced by permission of the United States Government

The Head of State confers the order

the patches in red and blue wool

suspended from a bar with ball finial ends

Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The Treaty Of Nystad Buy Now SOUTH AFRICA 1902Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central depiction of Noahs Ark at sea, situated below a dove symbolizing peace, in turn surrounded by a rainbow linking Stockholm and St. Petersburg, above a Russian Cyrillic inscription praising the peace now linking Sweden and Russia in 1721, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic inscription dedicated to Tsar Peter I (the Great) for leading Russia to a victorious outcome in the Great Northern War of 1700