Foreign Medals, Russia, Nicholas II (1894-1917), Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), poet, playwright and novelist of the Romantic era, the founder of modern Russian literature, centenary of his birth and prize medal of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, bronze, 1899, by M. Skudnov, head l., rev. the emblems of writing alongside a burning altar, 67.5mm. (Diakov 1289.1; Smirnov 1159), virtually mint state
*ex Baldwin's Auctions 10 (23 April 1997), lot 679.
(120-160 GBP)