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Description: | Medal commemorating the capture of two Swedish ships, 1703. Obverse: Bust of Czar Peter I, laureate, in armour and cloak (right). Ribbon over right shoulder. Legend is in Russian (Peter I, by the grace of God, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias). Reverse: Two ships surrounded by small boats; a coronet suspended by a hand from a cloud above. Legend in Russian (The seemingly impossible has happened). A copy.
caption: Medal commemorating the capture of two Swedish ships, 1703; reverse | 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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