Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal for the Death of Empress Anna 1740, by I. Lefken Republic of It was widely awarded to

It was widely awarded to German military personnel during the Second World War

and incorporated in this volume by WILLIAM SMITH DUTHIE"

(Mützenband “SMS Zenta”)

each with a silvered metal button bearing a crossed baton and sword within an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

measuring 58 mm (w) x 132 mm (l)

Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal for the Death of Empress Anna 1740, by I. Lefken Republic of It was widely awarded toConstructed of a silvered alloy, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Empress Anna, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, situated above birth and dates dates, the reverse bearing a depiction a depiction of the Empress descending from Heaven to crown Emperor Ivan VI, circumscribed by an inscription of (SO THE PEOPLES SADNESS HAS BEEN QUENCHED), and situated above a date of 17 OCTOBER 1740, engraver marked with the