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Alexander II. For Taking of Gheok-Teppe, 1881.
a) Silver award medal. Unsigned. Integral loop. 28 mm. 15,1 gr. R1. A.XF. Barac 597; Diakov 882.1; Werlich 112.
b) Light bronze award medal. Unsigned. Integral loop. 28 mm. 13,3 gr. N1. A.XF. Barac 598; Diakov 882.1; Werlich 112.
Obverse with a monogram of Alexander II topped with the Imperial crown.
Reverse with a five-line inscription:
ЗА ВЗЯТІЕ
ШТУРМОМЪ
ГЕОКЪТЕПЕ
12 ЯНВАРЯ
1881 ГОДА
(for taking of Gheok-Teppe by storming 12 January of the year 1881).
This medal was Instituted on 19 February 1881. The silver medal was awarded to all generals,
commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted men, combatant and non-combatant, of the Imperial Army and militia, and to all volunteers who took an active part in the siege and storming of Gheok-Teppe near Ashkhabad on the Persian border. It was also awarded to chaplains, doctors, medics, and nurses who served with the War Department or the Red Cross and who carried out their duties on the field of battle.
The light bronze medal was awarded to all commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted men, militia volunteers, civilian officials who did not take an active part in the storming of Gheok-Teppe, but who were attached to the armed forces in the Trans-Caspian region during 1879 and 1880.
Lit: Barac4, 1491; Diakov5, 250; Werlich, 56.
a) Silver award medal. Unsigned. Integral loop. 28 mm. 15,1 gr. R1. A.XF. Barac 597; Diakov 882.1; Werlich 112.
b) Light bronze award medal. Unsigned. Integral loop. 28 mm. 13,3 gr. N1. A.XF. Barac 598; Diakov 882.1; Werlich 112.
Obverse with a monogram of Alexander II topped with the Imperial crown.
Reverse with a five-line inscription:
ЗА ВЗЯТІЕ
ШТУРМОМЪ
ГЕОКЪТЕПЕ
12 ЯНВАРЯ
1881 ГОДА
(for taking of Gheok-Teppe by storming 12 January of the year 1881).
This medal was Instituted on 19 February 1881. The silver medal was awarded to all generals,
commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted men, combatant and non-combatant, of the Imperial Army and militia, and to all volunteers who took an active part in the siege and storming of Gheok-Teppe near Ashkhabad on the Persian border. It was also awarded to chaplains, doctors, medics, and nurses who served with the War Department or the Red Cross and who carried out their duties on the field of battle.
The light bronze medal was awarded to all commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted men, militia volunteers, civilian officials who did not take an active part in the storming of Gheok-Teppe, but who were attached to the armed forces in the Trans-Caspian region during 1879 and 1880.
Lit: Barac4, 1491; Diakov5, 250; Werlich, 56.