Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Declaration of War on the Ottoman Empire 1828, by Gottfried Loos and Heinrich Gube Archive The breast flaps both feature

The breast flaps both feature a single pocket

A layer of identical material provides stylized side walls and is secured in place with a length of machine stitching

He was Killed in Action on September 19th

one rivet on reverse has been replaced

It is also maker marked “Mohr & Speyer A-F” on a clothes tag in yellow embroidery

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Declaration of War on the Ottoman Empire 1828, by Gottfried Loos and Heinrich Gube Archive The breast flaps both featureConstructed of copper, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Nicholas I, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Tsar in classical armour, receiving a sword from a female personification of faith, circumscribed by an inscription of ACCINGE FEMORI GLADIUM TUUM HEROS. PS. 45. 4. (GIRD THY WAIST, OH MIGHTY ONE, WITH THY SWORD (GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH, OH MIGHTY ONE (PSALM