Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter Hold minor lost of enamels

minor lost of enamels

Accompanied by a Ribbon Bar (Red Cross Medal ribbon overlaying the Hindenburg Cross for Non-Combatants ribbon

an Order of St

Burns 1st Bn

with minor tarnishing and flecking evident to the gilt and enameled features

Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter Hold minor lost of enamelsConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov in high relief and exceptional detail, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Orlov in a Roman style uniform and mounted on a horse, superimposed over a detailed Moscow skyline (symbolizing Orlovs successful initiatives to quell the plague and civil unrest which had gripped the city),