Russia, Imperial. A 1783 Commemorative Medal For The Benefits Of The Russian Word United Republic of including many public figures

including many public figures

one featuring a First World War Artillery Officer

measuring 42 mm x 33mm

1941 in Ottawa for "Medical Unfitness"

this is an interesting grouping of awards and decorations

Russia, Imperial. A 1783 Commemorative Medal For The Benefits Of The Russian Word United Republic of including many public figuresConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Empress Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name and title in Cyrillic, the reverse bearing the Empress monogram, situated atop a radiant background and within a circular laurel leaf wreath, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was struck to commemorate the benefits of the Russian word, joined together at the bottom by a date of 21