Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg Auction Maltese Cross in silver gilt

Maltese Cross in silver gilt and enamels

122 mm x 172 mm

) Naming is engraved in block capitals

on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon missing its Heer/Kriegsmarine device

Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg Auction Maltese Cross in silver giltConstructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse bearing two raised female figures symbolizing Marianne (France) and Mother Russia, flanked on the left by a red enameled Geneva Cross and on the right by a raised depiction of St. Isaacs Cathedral, set above an inscription of ST. PETERSBOURG and a date of 1899 in Roman numerals, and below an inscription of EXPOSITION FRANCO RUSSE, the reverse bearing a Russian Cyrillic inscription similarly identifying