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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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Nicholas II silver Prize Medal for the Russian Society of Fruit Growing 1894, Unsigned, by S. Vazhenin, Diakov-1098.2 (R2), Smirnov-1025/a, 76mm, 205.20gm. Obv. A group of fruits over the convex name bar, with laurel leaves below and the inscription, "Russian Society of Fruit Growing. International Exhibition of Fruit Growing in SPB 1894." Rev. Gardener digging a hole, while seated woman, with young boy, holds tree for planting. Above is the legend, "For Efforts in Fruit Growing." XF Details, with light hairlines and minor edge bumps. The surfaces are reflective, and the relief quite bold. A very scarce medal. and the first example we have seen.
Estimate: 2500-3000 USD
Nicholas II silver Prize Medal for the Russian Society of Fruit Growing 1894, Unsigned, by S. Vazhenin, Diakov-1098.2 (R2), Smirnov-1025/a, 76mm, 205.20gm. Obv. A group of fruits over the convex name bar, with laurel leaves below and the inscription, "Russian Society of Fruit Growing. International Exhibition of Fruit Growing in SPB 1894." Rev. Gardener digging a hole, while seated woman, with young boy, holds tree for planting. Above is the legend, "For Efforts in Fruit Growing." XF Details, with light hairlines and minor edge bumps. The surfaces are reflective, and the relief quite bold. A very scarce medal. and the first example we have seen.
Estimate: 2500-3000 USD