COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Russia, Russia / England, Field Marshall Count Suvorov, French defeated, 1799, Bronze Medal, bust of Suvorov almost facing, wearing fur and a cossack hat, FD MARSHALL COUNT SUWARROW around, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE RUSSIANS below, rev Victory stands on a monument with trophies and flags, 38mm (Diakov 248.2 [R2]; Reichel 4489). Very fine, scarce.
Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov (1729-1800), was one of the most famous Russian military leaders, never losing a military engagement. This medal is probably of English manufacture, possibly the work of Conrad Küchler at Bolton's Soho mint.
Estimate: £80-120