A VERY RARE GOLD MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE BUILDING OF THE OBSERVATORY IN PULKOVO RUSSIA, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, CIRCA 1839 Circular, one side struck with the profile of Emperor Nicholas I, inscribed in Russian 'By the G[race] of G[od] Nicholas I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russias', signed ‘H. Gube Fecit’ under the shoulder, the reverse depicting the observatory within a raised circle of signs of the zodiac, inscribed in Russian '1839 / By the Order / of Emperor Nicholas I', also inscribed 'Architec.[tor] A. Brullo / Cut A. Gube' 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diameter 6.93 oz. (215.7 gr.)
A VERY RARE GOLD MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE BUILDING OF THE OBSERVATORY IN PULKOVO RUSSIA, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, CIRCA 1839 Circular, one side struck with the profile of Emperor Nicholas I, inscribed in Russian 'By the G[race] of G[od] Nicholas I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russias', signed ‘H. Gube Fecit’ under the shoulder, the reverse depicting the observatory within a raised circle of signs of the zodiac, inscribed in Russian '1839 / By the Order / of Emperor Nicholas I', also inscribed 'Architec.[tor] A. Brullo / Cut A. Gube' 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diameter 6.93 oz. (215.7 gr.)
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