Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg Auction 122 mm x 172 mm

122 mm x 172 mm

the reverse bearing a central raised inscriptions of “INDIENS FREIHEITSKAMPFE” (“INDIA’S FREEDOM STRUGGLE”) within a latticed background

dedicated to the memory of the students from Toronto who served during the Second World War and did not return

Fabricated from a white ceramic with a dimpled finish on the exterior

) Naming is engraved in block capitals

Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg Auction 122 mm x 172 mmConstructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse bearing two raised female figures symbolizing Marianne (France) and Mother Russia, flanked on the left by a red enameled Geneva Cross and on the right by a raised depiction of St. Isaacs Cathedral, set above an inscription of ST. PETERSBOURG and a date of 1899 in Roman numerals, and below an inscription of EXPOSITION FRANCO RUSSE, the reverse bearing a Russian Cyrillic inscription similarly identifying