Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The Treaty Of Nystad Auction with stitched RZM tag

with stitched RZM tag

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (9350) with the 3rd Infantry Battalion on September 22

& Battalion Fuhrer)

measuring 34 mm (w) x 104 mm (h)

the reverse inscribed “FRIEDRICH AUGUST MEDAILLE”

Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The Treaty Of Nystad Auction with stitched RZM tagConstructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central depiction of Noahs Ark at sea, situated below a dove symbolizing peace, in turn surrounded by a rainbow linking Stockholm and St. Petersburg, above a Russian Cyrillic inscription praising the peace now linking Sweden and Russia in 1721, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic inscription dedicated to Tsar Peter I (the Great) for leading Russia to a victorious outcome in the Great Northern War of 1700