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Catherine II. For smallpox vaccination.
Silver commemorative medal. Signed by Klepikov and Lyalin. 29 mm. 14,6 gr. R1. VF. Diakov 139.4.
Obverse with a crowned and draped bust of Catherina II. The inscription Б·М·ЕКАТЕРИНА·II ·IМПЕРАТ·И·САМОДЕР·ВСЕРОССІИСК· (by God's grace Catherine II Empress and Autocrat of all Russia). Under the truncation the signiature КЛЕ of A. Klepikov (Klepikow). Klepikov was a Russian medallist who worked in St. Petersburg during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Reverse with a woman in ancient dress with stretched-out arms surrounded by seven small children. Along the edge the inscriptionЗА ПРИВИВАНІЕ ОСПЫ (for smallpox vaccination). In exergue the signature Р·А·ЛЯЛИНЪ (cut by A. Lyalin).
The medal was struck in memory of the introduction of smallpox vaccination in Russia in 1768. Catherine II was the first person in Russia to be vaccinated against smallpox.
Lit: Diakov2, 138-139; Proskurina, 86-108.
Silver commemorative medal. Signed by Klepikov and Lyalin. 29 mm. 14,6 gr. R1. VF. Diakov 139.4.
Obverse with a crowned and draped bust of Catherina II. The inscription Б·М·ЕКАТЕРИНА·II ·IМПЕРАТ·И·САМОДЕР·ВСЕРОССІИСК· (by God's grace Catherine II Empress and Autocrat of all Russia). Under the truncation the signiature КЛЕ of A. Klepikov (Klepikow). Klepikov was a Russian medallist who worked in St. Petersburg during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Reverse with a woman in ancient dress with stretched-out arms surrounded by seven small children. Along the edge the inscriptionЗА ПРИВИВАНІЕ ОСПЫ (for smallpox vaccination). In exergue the signature Р·А·ЛЯЛИНЪ (cut by A. Lyalin).
The medal was struck in memory of the introduction of smallpox vaccination in Russia in 1768. Catherine II was the first person in Russia to be vaccinated against smallpox.
Lit: Diakov2, 138-139; Proskurina, 86-108.