Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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Foreign Medals, Russia, Alexander III (1881-1894), Nikolai I. Koksharov (1818-1893), copper tribute medal, 1887, for 50 years service as a mineralogist, 1887, by A. Griliches and V. Nikonov, bust r., with name around, rev. legend around wreathed L, 75mm. (Diakov 991.1; Smirnov 937), good extremely fine
*ex Baldwin's Auctions 33 (7 May 2003), lot 708
Koksharov was a Major General in the Russian army, mineralogist and, as a crystallographer, he was noted for his measurements of crystals using a goniometer. He was appointed director of the Imperial Mineralogical Society of St.Petersburg in 1865.
(100-150 GBP)
*ex Baldwin's Auctions 33 (7 May 2003), lot 708
Koksharov was a Major General in the Russian army, mineralogist and, as a crystallographer, he was noted for his measurements of crystals using a goniometer. He was appointed director of the Imperial Mineralogical Society of St.Petersburg in 1865.
(100-150 GBP)