Russia - Lots 351-566 - Baldwin's

503 200 th Anniversary of Peter the Great’s visit to Zaandam, Netherlands in 1697, using the alias Peter
Michailoff, Bronze Medal, 1897, unsigned, Peter holding axe stands beside boat and anchor, Dutch
landscape behind, rev house where he lived and Dutch legend, 51mm (Diakov -). Almost extremely fine,
rare. £800-1000
504 Construction of the St Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev, Copper Medal, 1897, by T Nikonov, St Vladimir
almost full-face, crowned and holding cross, rev façade of the Cathedral, 66mm (Diakov -; Smirnov 1115).
Very fine, rare. £250-350
505 Exhibition Medal, Gilt-bronze, c.1897, ship, steam engine and locomotive, with smaller industrial
emblems, around cog-wheel, rev legend and wreath, blank in centre, 65mm (cf Diakov 1242, 1, 3-4).
Matt surface, nearly extremely fine, test mark on edge. £200-250
The examples listed by Diakov are for the 2 nd Exhibition of Hunting Rifles, the Kiev Agricultural Exhibition and the 4 th Handcraft
Exhibition in Nikolaev.