MEDAL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Bronze medal struck on order of Nicholas I upon completion of the triumphal arch set up in St. Petersburg in memory of the Russian victories in Persia, Turkey and Poland in the years 1826-1831. On obverse is a picture of the triumphal arch which was begun in 1834 and completed in 1838. On reverse is an inscription between two clusters of military trophies.
- Object name:
- MEDAL
- Made from:
- Bronze
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1838
- Size:
- 6 x 8.4 cm (2 3/8 x 3 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.31
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973