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Rossica, Germany. Medal 1807 Peace of Tilsit. Royal mint of Berlin, by A. Abramson. Silver 43 mm; 27.45 g. CRM 278; Reichel 3147; Diakov 312.2 (R2). PCGS SP 63 MAX GRADE.
In Tilsit (now Sovetsk) in East Prussia two separate treaties were signed: between Russia and France and between France and Prussia. This ended to the war of 1806–1807 in which Russia helped Prussia. The Peace of Tilsit was concluded as a result of personal negotiations between the Emperors of Russia Alexander I and France Napoleon I on June 13/25, 1807. The emperors met on a raft placed in the middle of the Nieman River and talked eye to eye in a covered pavilion for about an hour. Russia agreed to the creation of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and joined the continental blockade of England.
SP 63
In Tilsit (now Sovetsk) in East Prussia two separate treaties were signed: between Russia and France and between France and Prussia. This ended to the war of 1806–1807 in which Russia helped Prussia. The Peace of Tilsit was concluded as a result of personal negotiations between the Emperors of Russia Alexander I and France Napoleon I on June 13/25, 1807. The emperors met on a raft placed in the middle of the Nieman River and talked eye to eye in a covered pavilion for about an hour. Russia agreed to the creation of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and joined the continental blockade of England.
SP 63