Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 2 mm x 53 mm

2 mm x 53 mm

majority of silvering lost over time

the date mark

including some fatigue of the wool

Czauderna stayed with them until April 25

Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 2 mm x 53 mmConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Nicolas I executed in high relief, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Apollo, resting his hand on a lyre and holding a laurel wreath over busts of Tsar Alexander I and Empress Catherine II ("the Great"), flanked by symbols of war, music, and the arts, circumscribed by an inscription of 1783 1818 (FOUNDED 1783 GRATEFULLY