Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal United Republic of chipping evident in the white

chipping evident in the white enamels on the star points)

the obverse medallion is a superimposed eagle

an unmarked example however exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of the maker Steinhauer & Lück

7mm (w) x 102

Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal United Republic of chipping evident in the whiteConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraskin, circumscribed by name and title in Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of four Russian warships at sea, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription of DEATH IS BETTER THAN INFIDELITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIGILANT, situated above a date of 1708 indicating issue to commemorative Admiral Apraskins leadership during the Great