Russia (St. Petersburg mint), silver medal, struck 1850, Pacification of Hungary and Transylvania in 1849.Smirnov-543; Diakov-589.1.10.86 grams, 29mm.Obverse with double-headed eagle with wings outspread within legend in Old Church Slavonic lettering; reverse with five-line Russian inscription translated as FOR THE PACIFICATION OF HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIA above date 1849. An award for Russian participants in the conflict in which revolutionary Hungary and Transylvania were defeated, lustrous XF+ with light rainbow toning and typical hairlines plus a few old marks, integrated loop at top.
($300-450)