Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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Russia / France, Crimea, Armand Emmanuel Sophie Septemanie du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1766-1822), French statesman and, under Alexander I, founder of Odessa, Copper Medal, 1822, by Dieudonné, uniformed bust left, rev legend in nine lines, ... IL CIVILISA LA CRIMÉE ..., 41mm. About extremely fine.
du Plessis had joined the Russian army in the early 1790s, but was later forced to resign, however in 1803 he was appointed Governor of Odessa, then Governor-General of the Crimean lands conquered from the Ottoman Empire. He commanded a division in the Turkish War of 1806-1807. His later political career was in France and after the "100 Days" he was appointed Prime Minister in 1815
Estimate: £200-300
du Plessis had joined the Russian army in the early 1790s, but was later forced to resign, however in 1803 he was appointed Governor of Odessa, then Governor-General of the Crimean lands conquered from the Ottoman Empire. He commanded a division in the Turkish War of 1806-1807. His later political career was in France and after the "100 Days" he was appointed Prime Minister in 1815
Estimate: £200-300