Russia, Imperial. An 1867 Russian Ethnographic Exhibition Table Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac functioning clips on either end

functioning clips on either end of the central strap

He then took control of the emergency work above ground

the base bearing additional etched inscriptions and calibre marks

his luck eventually ran out

Russia, Imperial. An 1867 Russian Ethnographic Exhibition Table Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac functioning clips on either endConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised Romanov imperial eagle clutching an orb and sceptre, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was issued to commemorate the 1867 Russian Ethnographic Exhibition, the reverse bearing an inscription indicating that the medal was instituted in 1863 for recognition of prize winning participants in the event, unmarked, measuring 61. 60 mm in diameter, in extremely