Russia, Imperial. An 1887 Wenzel Gruber Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Inside the interior upper left

Inside the interior upper left breast pocket is a manufacturer’s label of “C

and War Medal 19391-1945 (silver

neat fold in the middle

He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx

(Heer Erkennungsmarke)

Russia, Imperial. An 1887 Wenzel Gruber Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Inside the interior upper leftConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised bust of Austrian born anatomist Wenzel Gruber in high relief and exceptional detail, circumscribed by his Russified name in Cyrillic script, flanked by dates 1847 1887, the reverse bearing an elaborate wreathed monogram topped by a Cyrillic dedication to Wenzels teaching and training of 8,000 medical professionals during his career at the University of St. Petersburg, unmarked, measuring 70 mm in