MEDAL FOR RUSSIAN-TURKISH WAR OF 1877-1878
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Silver medal obverse Russian cross over a vanquished Turkish Crescent on a sun burst with 1877 (left) and 1878 (right). Reverse has an inscription in Cyrillic surrounded by laurel branches. Suspended by a silver loop from a St. Andrew ribbon (should be St. Andrew/St. George).
- Object name:
- MEDAL FOR RUSSIAN-TURKISH WAR OF 1877-1878
- Made from:
- Metal -- ribbon
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1901
- Size:
- Dia. 1 1/16 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.91
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; DATE 1877-1878 on front; Not for us, Not for us but for the sake of thy name in Cyrillic
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Peter M. Rouzitsky, 1977