Russia, Imperial. An 1896 Medal For The All-Russia Exhibition In Nizhny Novgorod Hold A First War Medal Trio

A First War Medal Trio to the Army Service Corps - 1914 Star with period mounted rosette (M1 - 08361 PTE W

slightly oxidized

were separately awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (second in precedence to the Victoria Cross) for dismounting the members of their supply convoys and fighting through enemy infantry positions to get fuel

“for proficiency in shooting year” 1934/35 and 1935/36

Russia, Imperial. An 1896 Medal For The All-Russia Exhibition In Nizhny Novgorod Hold A First War Medal TrioConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of Mother Russia seated against an industrial landscape and surrounded by implements of industry and commerce, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of NIZHNY NOVGOROD and a date of 1896, the reverse bearing overlapping plaques featuring detailed images of the pavilions of the 1896 All Russian Exhibition, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription describing the event, the obverse