Russia, Imperial. An 1835 Medal For Victory At The Battle Of The Katzbach Auction a Berlin German Confectioners’ Day

a Berlin German Confectioners’ Day badge

Ex Robert Kondor collection

and was in the van of the force that moved out to intercept the Japanese fleet in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of Friday

interwoven silver/aluminum braid with buttoning loops to both the top and bottom ends

Russia, Imperial. An 1835 Medal For Victory At The Battle Of The Katzbach Auction a Berlin German Confectioners’ DayConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander I in medieval armour and wielding a spear with an ornately decorated shield executed in high relief, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (RODOMYSL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY), the reverse bearing a raised and exceptionally detailed depiction of two warriors advancing with swords and shields at the ready, trampling over fallen enemy