Live auction - fme_553612 - RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I Médaille commémorative, Guerre de Crimée
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 115 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 January 2020 18:34:10 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Médaille commémorative, Guerre de Crimée
Date: 1853-1856
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,64 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec du rouge de frappe encore visible autour des reliefs
Catalogue references :
Diakov 654.2
Obverse
Obverse legend : 1853-1854-1855-1856.
Obverse description : Monogrammes couronnés de Nicolas I et Alexandre II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HA TЯ / ГOCПOДИ / УПОВАХОМЪ, ДА / НЕ ПОCТЫДИМCЯ / ВО ВЕКИ.
Reverse description : Légende en 5 lignes.
Reverse translation : Dieu, en qui nous croyons, puisse que nous n’ayons pas honte dans les siècles à venir.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 27,5 mm.
Cette médaille fut remise aux participants d’actions militaires dans la Guerre de Crimée.
Cette médaille fut remise aux participants d’actions militaires dans la Guerre de Crimée.
Historical background
RUSSIA - NICHOLAS I
(1/12/1825-2/03/1855)
Nicholas I (7/07/1796-2/03/1855), second son of Paul I, is the brother of Alexander I and Grand Duke Constantin. On the death of his brother Alexander I, on December 1, 1825, and after the renunciation of his brother Constantine, he became Tsar of all the Russias and began by repressing the liberal movement of the Decembrists and then the uprising in Poland in 1831. After favoring the liberation of Greece, he poses as a defender of the Slavs and opposes the Turks. He finds on his way the English and the French. He died before the defeat of the Crimean War.
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