COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Russia, Nicholas I, Russian-Turkish War Series, Heroic Exploits of the brig Mercury 1829, uniface Tin Trial of the reverse of the medal by A Klepikov and A Lyalin, after Tolstoy, Russian hero fights mermen and hippocamps (Diakov 1791; Smirnov 442). Good very fine and very rare.
ex Baldwin's Auction 13, 28 May 1997, lot 2248
Estimate: £150-200