MEDAL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On the front is a bust of Catherine the Great facing to the left and an inscription around it. On the obverse in the center is a star of the Order of St. George surrounded by the ribbon and badge. Around this an inscription. Ordered by the White Russians to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Imperial Order of St. George.
- Object name:
- MEDAL
- Made from:
- Bronze
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1969
- Size:
- 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.34
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION Inscribed around bust of Catherine in Cyrillic: Empress Catherine the Great; Inscribed around the Order of Saint George in Cyrillic: 1769 For Service and Bravery
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973