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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of Schl�sselburg, 1702. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Legend: 'PETRVS . ALEXII . FIL . D . G . RVSS . IMP . M . DVX MOSCOVIAE.' Reverse: Storming of the fortress, batteries in foreground; Neptune, holding a trident in right hand, and a key in left, lying below. Legend: 'NOTTEBVRGVM . NUNC . SCHLVSSELBVRGUM .' Exergue: '. POST . ANN . XG ABHOSTE . REGVP . D . XII OCTOB SV MDCCII.' (Notteburg now Schl�sselburg after ninety years recaptured from the enemy.) A copy after P.H. M�ller.
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of Schlusselburg, 1702; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of two Swedish ships, 1703; obverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Peter I Czar of | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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