Alexander II Memorial Medal, in Gold
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SKU: 02.RUS.0191.101.01.000
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Alexander II, Memorial, 1881, large gold medal, by V. Alexeev and A. Griliches Jr., bare head right, radiate ‘all-seeing eye’ and palm above, BA on truncation, dates to left, right and below, rev., allegorical female figure kneeling before catafalque placing a wreath on monogrammed coffin, grieving angel behind holding shield; three laurel wreaths, scroll and book below, wreath and inscription around, 303.14g, 77.5mm (Diakov 881 (R5)), some minor marks in the fields, extremely fine and extremely rare.
This medal was instituted by Alexander III in memory of the death of his father, Alexander II, who died after sustaining wounds from a terrorist bombing. It was conferred upon members of the Terek Cossack squadron.
The obverse features the cipher of Alexander II. The reverse inscription translates to: "First of March 1881".
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