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Alexander I. Capture of the Turkish fortress Bazardhik 1810.
Silver award medal. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 32 mm. 18,3 gr. R2. VF. With loose ribbon and two boxes from a 19th-century collection. Barac 418; Diakov 334.2.
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).
At some time, as part of a 19th-century collection, the medal was kept in a handmade cardboard presentation box with the inscription 1810 Russland für Erstürmung d. Festung Bazardschek 22 Mei 1810 XXXIV 13 and the date vor 1862. 41,5 x 66,5 x 6,8 mm.
The medal was instituted 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 orders of St. George or St. Vladimir.
Lit: Barac4, 1452; Diakov3, 105; Werlich, 39-40.
Silver award medal. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 32 mm. 18,3 gr. R2. VF. With loose ribbon and two boxes from a 19th-century collection. Barac 418; Diakov 334.2.
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).
At some time, as part of a 19th-century collection, the medal was kept in a handmade cardboard presentation box with the inscription 1810 Russland für Erstürmung d. Festung Bazardschek 22 Mei 1810 XXXIV 13 and the date vor 1862. 41,5 x 66,5 x 6,8 mm.
The medal was instituted 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 orders of St. George or St. Vladimir.
Lit: Barac4, 1452; Diakov3, 105; Werlich, 39-40.