Russia, Imperial. A 1774 Medal For The Peace Treaty With The Ottoman Empire, By Gass And Iaeger consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 38 mm (w) x 43

38 mm (w) x 43

obverse centerpiece in Gold

surrounding the medallion are four silver eagles with wingtips touching

Includes: 1st Class (silver with red and white enamels

and served in Afghanistan in 1919 and in Iraq in 1920

Russia, Imperial. A 1774 Medal For The Peace Treaty With The Ottoman Empire, By Gass And Iaeger consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 38 mm (w) x 43Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Tsarina Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Minerva wielding caduceus against a seascape, flanked on the right by a monument, circumscribed by a Cyrillic dedication to the 1774 peace treaty which ended the Russo Turkish War of 1768 1774 on favourable terms for the Russian Empire