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Description: | Medal commemorating the opening of the St Petersburg Sea Canal 1878-85. Obverse: Within an ornamented border and laurel and oak wreath tied with ribbon, the heads of the czars Alexander III, Alexander II and Peter I, the two last-named laureate, conjoined (right). Legend in Cyrillic (Commemoration of the opening of the St Petersburg Sea Canal 1878-85). Reverse: Plan of the docks and harbour of St Petersburg and canal shown by a dotted line; above, two crowned coats of arms of the royal families with ribbon and laurel leaves, a larger crown above the whole; below conjoined medallions with dates '1878-85'.
caption: Medal commemorating the opening of the St Petersburg Sea Canal 1878-1885; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the opening of the St Petersburg Sea Canal 1878-1885; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Czar of Alexander II Alexander III Czar of Russia | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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