Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter Hold Burns 1st Bn

Burns 1st Bn

with minor tarnishing and flecking evident to the gilt and enameled features

the most successful of which was the European Commission of the Danube (European Danube Commission)

the North German Lloyd (AKA Bremen Line) merged with the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) to form Hapag-Lloyd AG

horizontal pinback27 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter Hold Burns 1st BnConstructed 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),