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Alexander II. Medal for zeal.
Gold award medal. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 51 mm 72,8 gr. R3. Edge defects on reverse, otherwise A.XF. Diakov 637.3.
Obverse with a portrait of Nicholas I. Along the edge the inscription Б . М . АЛЕКСАНДРЪ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖ. ВСЕРОСС . (By the grace of God Alexander Alexander II Emperor and Autocrat of All
Russia).
Reverse with the inscription ЗА УСЕРДЇЕ (for zeal) within smooth and cable-shaped concentric circles.
This medal was originally instituted in 1801 and was awarded to merchants, the middle-class and peasants, inhabitants of remote ethnic Russian regions, and non-commissioned officers for services to the
government.
Lit: Diakov5, 31-33.
Gold award medal. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 51 mm 72,8 gr. R3. Edge defects on reverse, otherwise A.XF. Diakov 637.3.
Obverse with a portrait of Nicholas I. Along the edge the inscription Б . М . АЛЕКСАНДРЪ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖ. ВСЕРОСС . (By the grace of God Alexander Alexander II Emperor and Autocrat of All
Russia).
Reverse with the inscription ЗА УСЕРДЇЕ (for zeal) within smooth and cable-shaped concentric circles.
This medal was originally instituted in 1801 and was awarded to merchants, the middle-class and peasants, inhabitants of remote ethnic Russian regions, and non-commissioned officers for services to the
government.
Lit: Diakov5, 31-33.