Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, World Medals, Russia, Centenary of the the First Defense of Sevastopol, Bronze Medal, 1955, The Monument to the Scuttled Ships, Vice-Admiral Vladimir Kornilov with sailors to either side, stands amongst wreckage, rev the monument, 67mm. Extremely fine.
The monument was built in 1905 for the 50th anniversary of the flooding of the Russian sailing ships which blocked the entrance to Sebastopol Bay. It stands on an artificial rock and was designed by the sculptor Amandus Adamson, architect Valentin Feldman and military engineer Friedrich Enberg.
Estimate: £100-150
The monument was built in 1905 for the 50th anniversary of the flooding of the Russian sailing ships which blocked the entrance to Sebastopol Bay. It stands on an artificial rock and was designed by the sculptor Amandus Adamson, architect Valentin Feldman and military engineer Friedrich Enberg.
Estimate: £100-150