Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The 1813 Crossing Of The Rhine Newly Listed Margaret Callaway (later Luxton)

Margaret Callaway (later Luxton)

1940 at 1:35PM

Ventilation holes reinforced with black-painted zink grommets flank each side of the crown

measuring 49 mm (w) x 20 mm (h)

Videsh Seva Medal (in cupro-nickel

Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The 1813 Crossing Of The Rhine Newly Listed Margaret Callaway (later Luxton)Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander I in medieval armour and wielding a spear with an ornately decorated shield executed in high relief, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (RODOMYSL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a medieval Russian warrior clutching a sword and shield, with his back to a seated male figure leaning against a spilling urn