Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter Archive nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the

nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the throat are held in place via single screws on either side

88 mm in diameter

and Italian Navy League Cruise Ship Medal 1926 (silver

three Kriegsmarine newspaper front pages with a photos taken by Kratochwil

Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter Archive nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at theConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov in high relief and exceptional detail, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Orlov in a Roman style uniform and mounted on a horse, superimposed over a detailed Moscow skyline (symbolizing Orlovs successful initiatives to quell the plague and civil unrest which had gripped the city),