Russia, Imperial. A Table Medal The General Pardon Of Prisoners On The Accession Of Empress Elizabeth, By Georg Christian Waechter, 1741 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 78mm x 77mm

measuring 78mm x 77mm

The ebony painted wooden handle has thirteen individual rows of tightly wound aluminum wire grip wrap

two-piece construction bronze gilt and enamels

Stamped onto the crown of the liner is a black ink size mark of “56”

Russia, Imperial. A Table Medal The General Pardon Of Prisoners On The Accession Of Empress Elizabeth, By Georg Christian Waechter, 1741 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 78mm x 77mmConstructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Empress Elizabeth, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of female figure representing the personification of mercy, loosening the chains of a group of prisoners, situated in front of a prison with open doors through which prisoners are exiting, below a Latin inscription of CLEMENTIA AUGUST indicating an imperial