Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg Auction Archive (Camicie Nere = Black Shirts)

(Camicie Nere = Black Shirts)

and the reverse pinback is missing

during the Red Army’s siege of the city

it is illegible due to damage

Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg Auction Archive (Camicie Nere = Black Shirts)Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Catherine the Great Monument in Ostrovsky Square in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic dedication from Tsar Alexander II, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic dedication and date of 1873, unmarked, measuring 36 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.