Watch List notes:

World Medals, Russia, Alexander III, the Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), national gold medal for Good Behaviour and Success in Sciences, undated, by Avenir Crigorievich Griliches (1849-1905), bust of Empress r., rev. Minerva stands with lamp and wreath, by owl and emblems of learning, 33mm., wt. 25.58gms. (Diakov 909.9; Sm.1107/a), minor scuffs, extremely fine, the reverse with peripheral red bloom
Maria Feodorovna is featured in many portraits wearing the same diamond-fringed tiara in kokoshnik form, with a pearl border.
($2750-3250)