Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each with 8 pages

each with 8 pages

the date mark

majority of silvering lost over time

A very well-preserved Heer EM/NCO’s overseas service cap

Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac each with 8 pagesConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Nicolas I executed in high relief, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Apollo, resting his hand on a lyre and holding a laurel wreath over busts of Tsar Alexander I and Empress Catherine II ("the Great"), flanked by symbols of war, music, and the arts, circumscribed by an inscription of 1783 1818 (FOUNDED 1783 GRATEFULLY