WORLD MILITARY MEDALS - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS II - SAINT GEORGE GOLD 1ST CLASS MEDAL FOR BRAVERY 1894-1916 AD Obv: profile bust with Б М НИКОЛАЙ II ИМП И САМОА ВСЕРОСС legend. Rev: inscribed ЗА / ХРАБРОСТЬ / No 2733 / 1 СТЕП in four lines with line at centre, the number stamped. Edge: plain; with suspension loop for attachment. 22.16 grams, 28mm diameter. Very fine; knock to edge. Rare. Literature See Dorling, p.281. Footnotes This medal was granted to military or civilian personnel for the acts of gallantry on the battlefield; instituted in 1807, the medal was changed to 'yellow metal' (and marked JM) after 1916.
WORLD MILITARY MEDALS - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS II - SAINT GEORGE GOLD 1ST CLASS MEDAL FOR BRAVERY 1894-1916 AD Obv: profile bust with Б М НИКОЛАЙ II ИМП И САМОА ВСЕРОСС legend. Rev: inscribed ЗА / ХРАБРОСТЬ / No 2733 / 1 СТЕП in four lines with line at centre, the number stamped. Edge: plain; with suspension loop for attachment. 22.16 grams, 28mm diameter. Very fine; knock to edge. Rare. Literature See Dorling, p.281. Footnotes This medal was granted to military or civilian personnel for the acts of gallantry on the battlefield; instituted in 1807, the medal was changed to 'yellow metal' (and marked JM) after 1916.
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