Russia - Lots 351-566 - Baldwin's

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477 Peace between Russia and France, Bronze Medal, commemorating the Military Review held in Paris,
attended by Emperor Napoleon III, head of Napoleon III left, rev inscription in 11 lines, 37mm (Diakov -;
Pax 817; Divo 312). Extremely fine. £200-250
478 United Kingdom, Peace with Russia, 1856, Bronze Trade Ticket of T Cape, Woollen Draper, Cheltenham,
clasped hands below crossed flags, 35mm. Very fine. £150-180
479 Crimean War, small Bronze Award Medal, 1856, for participants in the war of 1853-1856, conjoined
royal ciphers, rev legend in five lines, 29mm, with original ribbon (Diakov 654.2; Smirnov 630). Very
fine. £120-160
480 Alexander II, St Isaac’s Cathedral, St Petersburg, Consecration, Copper Medal, 1858, by A Lyalin and
[reverse] V Alexeev, central medallic portrait of Peter the Great with, around, Catherine II, Paul I,
Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II, rev façade of the Cathedral, legend around and in exergue,
79mm (Diakov 677.1; Smirnov 617). Nearly extremely fine, obverse edge nick at 4 o’clock. £400-500
Saint Isaac’s Cathedral was the largest church in Russia at the time that it was built. It was dedicated to St Isaac of Dalmatia,
patron Saint of Peter the Great who was born on his feast day.