Russia, Imperial. A 1912 Medal For The Dedication Of The Monument To Tsar Alexander Iii Hold and then flown to RCAF

and then flown to RCAF Station Gander in Newfoundland for the trans-Atlantic flight

Roper had already returned to H

a cross pattee of fine quality bronze gilt

chip in the enamels of the obverse centrepiece

with a central raised mobile swastika

Russia, Imperial. A 1912 Medal For The Dedication Of The Monument To Tsar Alexander Iii Hold and then flown to RCAFConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander II, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, in turn surrounded by birth and death dates, the reverse bearing a central and finely detailed depiction of the Monument to Tsar Alexander III, formerly located on the grounds of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, circumscribed by a description and date of 1912, the obverse bearing faint