Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Delivery of Granite for the Monument to Peter the Great 1770, by Johann Jaeger Buy Now 38 mm x 87 mm

38 mm x 87 mm

two Order of Hermenegild Ribbons

centre reverse features a single vertical pin

5 mm (w) x 63 mm (h)

a brass ring bearing the cypher ‘KS’

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Delivery of Granite for the Monument to Peter the Great 1770, by Johann Jaeger Buy Now 38 mm x 87 mmConstructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Empress Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a large block of granite arriving in St. Petersburg for use in the construction of a monument to Tsar Peter I (the Great), topped by an inscription of (AS BOLDNESS), and situated above a date of 20 JANUARY 1770, double marked with the dedication of Johann