A Russian Imperial Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War GTRexclude A little over two weeks

A little over two weeks later

Vivid I on March 16

one Marine [William Parsons] and sixteen sailors)

contact marks on and wear along the edge of the neck guard

finely crafted torpedo

A Russian Imperial Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War GTRexclude A little over two weeksBronze gilt, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Tsar Alexander I, reverse inscribed in Russian "1812 This Glorious Year Went By, But The Heroic Deeds Then Performed Will Never Pass 1912", 28. 2 mm, integral suspension, moderate gilt wear on the obverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on August 12, 1912 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of the