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Description: | Medal commemorating the victories over the Turks. Obverse: Bust of Czarina Catharine II crowned, in low dress (right). Legend: 'CATHARINA . II . D . G . IMP . AVTOCRATRIX RVSSORVM'. Reverse: Pallas Athene with Medusa's shield and spear standing erect. Legend: 'SAPIENTIA ET ARMIS' (By prudence and force of arms). Exergue: 'TVRCIS TERRA MARIQVE DEVICTIS MDCCLXX' (Turks vanquished by sea and land 1770).
caption: Medal commemorating the victories over the Turks; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the victories over the Turks; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | J. L. medals Oexlein Czarina of Catharine II | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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