Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom Auction Very light gilt wear on

Very light gilt wear on the obverse of the buckle

set around the firm’s logo

accompanied by two period reprints

each constructed of white wool with buckram cores and trimmed with red piping

Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom Auction Very light gilt wear onConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of Tsar Alexander II in the regalia of a medieval Russian warrior, his arms around a nobleman and peasant who are shaking hands, situated against a backdrop featuring agricultural imagery, topped by a date of 19 FEBRUARY 1861 in Cyrcillic, the reverse bearing a central raised Russian Orthodox cross overlaying a radiant background, circumscribed by a Cyrillic prayer, the obverse