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Description: | Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg. Obverse: Head of Tzar Nicholas I (right). Legend in Russian script (Nicholas I, by Gods will, Emperor and ruler of all the Russias). Reverse: The St Petersburg observatory building, at Pulkovo heights, with a lake and trees in the foreground within a raised circle of signs of the zodiac. Legend and inscription in Russian, (Year 1839, by the order of Emperor Nicholas I). Boxed.
caption: Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Nicholas I medals Heinrich Czar of Gube | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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