An Imperial Russian Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War, 1812-1912 Buy Now attached on long original ribbon

attached on long original ribbon

In fire gilt brass

Die-stamped steel

while with the 2nd Infantry Battalion

Ernest Brooke and a girl

An Imperial Russian Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War, 1812-1912 Buy Now attached on long original ribbonRussia (Imperial); Bronze 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 mm, loop suspension, spotting 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