An Imperial Russian Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War, 1812-1912 Newly Listed with vertical pinback

with vertical pinback

It was issued by the British forces

likely produced c

A first and second war German miniature medal group

An Imperial Russian Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War, 1812-1912 Newly Listed with vertical pinbackRussia (Imperial); Bronze gilt, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Tsar Alexander I, reverse inscribed in Russian "1812 This Glorious Year Went By, But The Heroic Deeds Then Performed Will Never Pass 1912", 28 mm, loop suspension, spotting on the obverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on August 12, 1912 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of