fme_818172 - RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II Médaille, Mariage du Prince Alfred, duc d’Edimbourg et de la Grande Duchesse Maria Alexandrovna de Russie
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Type : Médaille, Mariage du Prince Alfred, duc d’Edimbourg et de la Grande Duchesse Maria Alexandrovna de Russie
Date: 1874
Metal : copper
Diameter : 50,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 52,39 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, des traces de manipulation et quelques taches d’oxydation dans les champs
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Predigree :
Cette médaille provient de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LOSANGE) H· R· H· THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND H· I· H MARIE ALEXANDROVNA OF RUSSIA.
Obverse description : Leurs bustes habillés, accolés à droite, signé sur le tranché du bras : OTTLEY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : H· R· H· THE / DUKE OF EDINBURGH / BORN AUG. 6 1844 / MARRIED JAN 23.1874 / AT S.T PETERSBURG / TO H· I· H THE GRAND DUCHESS / MARIE ALEXANDROVNA / OF RUSSIA / BORN OCT· 17· 1853.
Reverse description : Légende en 9 lignes dans une couronne fleurie et sous deux écus adossés à leurs armes.
Historical background
RUSSIA - ALEXANDER II
(2/03/1855-13/03/1881)
Alexander II Nikolaevich (29/04/1818-13/03/1881), son of Nicolas and Alexandra of Prussia, succeeded his father, ended the Crimean War and signed the Treaty of Paris. Reformer, he emancipates the serfs and tries to modernize the country. Autocrat, he crushed the Polish revolt of 1863. Politically, he favored pan-Slavism and fought effectively against Turkey, which he crushed in 1876-1878. The Treaty of San Stefano and the Congress of Berlin in 1878 marked Russia's resounding return to the international political scene. The Russians and Austro-Hungarians now control the Balkans. Alexander II perished by a bomb near the Mikhailovsky Palace in 1881.
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