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Alexander I. Capture of the Turkish fortress Bazardhik 1810.
Silver award. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 32 mm. 18,3 gr. R2. Once cleaned but with rainbow patina, VF. With ribbon. Barac 418; Diakov 334.2; Werlich 67.
Obverse with a portrait of Alexander I with the inscription АЛЕКСАНДРЪ І. ИМП. ВСЕРОСС. (Alexander I Emperor of all Russia).
Reverse with a seven-line inscription:
ЗА
ОТЛИЧЇЕ
ПРИВЗЯТЇИ
ПРИСТУПОМЪ
БАЗАРДЖИКА
22 МАЇЯ
1810 Г.
(for distinction during taking by storm of Bazardzhik, 22 May 1810).
The medal was instituted on 13 June 1810 and awarded to officers who participated in the capture of the Turkish fortress Bazardhik, nowadays Pazardzjik, Bulgaria, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, but who were not eligible for the order of Saint George or Saint Vladimir.
Lit: Barac4, 1452; Diakov3, 105; Werlich, 39-40.
Silver award. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 32 mm. 18,3 gr. R2. Once cleaned but with rainbow patina, VF. With ribbon. Barac 418; Diakov 334.2; Werlich 67.
Obverse with a portrait of Alexander I with the inscription АЛЕКСАНДРЪ І. ИМП. ВСЕРОСС. (Alexander I Emperor of all Russia).
Reverse with a seven-line inscription:
ЗА
ОТЛИЧЇЕ
ПРИВЗЯТЇИ
ПРИСТУПОМЪ
БАЗАРДЖИКА
22 МАЇЯ
1810 Г.
(for distinction during taking by storm of Bazardzhik, 22 May 1810).
The medal was instituted on 13 June 1810 and awarded to officers who participated in the capture of the Turkish fortress Bazardhik, nowadays Pazardzjik, Bulgaria, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, but who were not eligible for the order of Saint George or Saint Vladimir.
Lit: Barac4, 1452; Diakov3, 105; Werlich, 39-40.