Russia, Imperial. A Medal Commemorating The Creation Of Parish Schools, C.1909 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In silver gilt a very

In silver gilt a very detailed  ball-tipped enameled red Maltese cross

with moderate loss of silver finish evident

8 days later he was sent to this hospital

marked on reverse L/52

1922-1935)

Russia, Imperial. A Medal Commemorating The Creation Of Parish Schools, C.1909 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In silver gilt a veryConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a pentagonal aluminum backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with raised leftward facing profiles of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsar Alexander III, circumscribed by names and titles in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a raised open book bearing the first eight letters of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, flanked by dates 1884 1909, topped by a Russian Othodox cross, the