RUSSIAN MEDALS. IMPERIAL RUSSIA. Priest's Cross Award for the Clergy in the Crimean War. 1853-1856. Bronze. 100 x 58 mm. Central medallion depicting the All-Seeing Eye above crowned ciphers of Nicholas I and Alexander II, dates below / Five-line legend. Chep 588, Peters 136, Sm 602, Ver 211, W 93. This cross was awarded both to Russian Orthodox and to non-Orthodox Christian priests; about 40,000 crosses were made.. Condition:. Small dig obverse medallion. About extremely fine
Estimate: $600