Watch List notes:

RUSSIAN MEDALS. Medals of Nicholas II. Award Medal for the Centennial of the Birth of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, 1899. Bronze. 67.3 mm. By M. Skudnov. Diakov 1289.1, Sm 1159. Head l. of the great poet and writer / Smoking altar, palm frond and laurel branches, mask, lyre, pen and inkwell set atop marble table, four-line legend above, anniversary date in medallion below. A few surface nicks lower obverse. Chestnut-brown. Extremely fine
A prize medal of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. According to Diakov, "LH lists: '4 gold, 20 silver and 5000 bronze medals struck for graduate students with top marks in 1899'".

Estimate: US$ 900