Russia, Imperial. A Rare Medal for Agrarian Reform in Poland, in Silver, with Case Archive 72 mm (w) x 46

72 mm (w) x 46

1) The tunic is constructed of thick quality field-grey wool

inscribed in black running script "A Rifleman of the 4th Line Battalion / K's German Legion

fine chipping evident in the white enamels on the circular insignia base

the obverse bearing a central machine-embroidered aluminum wire tricolour cockade set within a gold bullion wire oak leaf wreath

Russia, Imperial. A Rare Medal for Agrarian Reform in Poland, in Silver, with Case Archive 72 mm (w) x 46( ). Instituted 8 December 1865 O. S. (1866 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing the raised and leftward facing profiles of Tsars Nicholas I and Alexander II, flanked on the left by Cyrillic dates "26 May 7 June 1846" (the date of the decree limiting the institution of serfdom in Poland) and on the right by dates 19 February 2 March 1864 (the date of the four decrees on the settlement of peasants in Poland), the six oclock position