Live Auction 8003Russian Art
A GROUP OF THREE MEDALS
Lot 257

A GROUP OF THREE MEDALS

RUSSIA

Closed28 November 2011

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GBP 7,500

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A GROUP OF THREE MEDALS
RUSSIA
Comprising two gold medals for zeal, period of Nicholas II, and one large gold medal for excellence, the reverse inscribed in Russian 'Visit this vine' above eight growing vine stalks, the front with profiles of Alexander III and Nicholas II, the large medal and one small medal with French gold standard mark
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) diameter and smaller (3)

Specialist note

For comparable gold and silver medals for zeal, see Prince Dmitri Romanov, The Orders, Medals and History of Russia, Copenhagen, 2000, pp. 224-225, nos. 200, 201.