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RUSSIAN MEDALS. Medals of Alexander II. Medal. Gold. 55.38 gm. 45.3 mm. By V. Alexeev. Count A.A. Suvorov – Prize Medal of the St. Petersburg Pharmaceutical Society, 1864. Diakov 727.1 (R4); Iversen, Premiums XXVII, Persons DLXV; Sm 660. Head r. of Alexander Arkadievich Suvorov; * ("Prince of Italy Alexander Arkadievich, Count Suvorov-Rymniksky") around / INGENIO ET STUDIO ("For Talent and Diligence") within wreath, Society legend and date in Latin around. Extremely rare. Some friction hairlines in field, good lustre. About uncirculated
Alexander Arkadievich Suvorov (1804-1882) was the grandson of the renowned Fieldmarshal Alexander Vasiliyevich Suvorov, Count of Rymnik, Generalissimo of all Russia, and son of Lt. General Arkadi Suvorov, who fought in the Napoleonic and Turkish Wars. He served as Governor General of Riga from 1848 to 1861, then as Governor General of St. Petersburg until 1866. It was A.A. Suvorov who announced the death of Tsar Alexander II at the hands of assassins in 1881. This medal was issued by one of the many societies of which he was a patron during his time as General Governor of St. Petersburg.
Estimate: US$ 20,000
Alexander Arkadievich Suvorov (1804-1882) was the grandson of the renowned Fieldmarshal Alexander Vasiliyevich Suvorov, Count of Rymnik, Generalissimo of all Russia, and son of Lt. General Arkadi Suvorov, who fought in the Napoleonic and Turkish Wars. He served as Governor General of Riga from 1848 to 1861, then as Governor General of St. Petersburg until 1866. It was A.A. Suvorov who announced the death of Tsar Alexander II at the hands of assassins in 1881. This medal was issued by one of the many societies of which he was a patron during his time as General Governor of St. Petersburg.
Estimate: US$ 20,000