Russia, Imperial. A Table Medal The 50Th Anniversary Of The Corps Of Military Topographers, 1872 Auction Archive 82 mm x 41

82 mm x 41

including over

Constructed of mutli-coloured tightly woven machine embroidery

The first observer navigates from the pulpit

A unique and well-preserved German-manufactured Czechoslovak M31 steel helmet

Russia, Imperial. A Table Medal The 50Th Anniversary Of The Corps Of Military Topographers, 1872 Auction Archive 82 mm x 41Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Alexander II, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Corps of Military Topographers, the centre of the reverse bearing the Tsars monogram executed in high detail, surrounded by the names of key military topographers, geographers and surveyors in Russian Cyrillic, measuring 86.