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The Eccles Collection | Russia, Field Marshall Count Suvarov, Silver Medal, unsigned, "French defeated & the Passage of the Adda Forced Apl 27 1799", 28.74g, 38mm (BHM -; Diakov 248.2; D'Essling 802), edge nicks and heavier surface marks, otherwise toned, a bolder very fine, very rare.
Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov is one of the most famous Russian military tacticians, lauded for never having lost a battle. His name is misspelled on the medal "Suwarrow" but more importantly it is a very rare portrait of Suvorov dressed not in his usual General's uniform, but in a traditional Cossack's outfit
Estimate: £100 - £150
Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov is one of the most famous Russian military tacticians, lauded for never having lost a battle. His name is misspelled on the medal "Suwarrow" but more importantly it is a very rare portrait of Suvorov dressed not in his usual General's uniform, but in a traditional Cossack's outfit
Estimate: £100 - £150