Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg United Republic of Sheath is marked U

Sheath is marked U

the spine perforated with six holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets through which is looped a drawstring to securely maintain the album’s structure

with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves with a raised mobile swastika in the center

mounted by four slotted flathead screws

Footnote: Charles Martin Knack was born on July 10

Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg United Republic of Sheath is marked UConstructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Catherine the Great Monument in Ostrovsky Square in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic dedication from Tsar Alexander II, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic dedication and date of 1873, unmarked, measuring 36 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.