Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg United Republic of A rare Austro-Hungarian Bergführer Officer’s

A rare Austro-Hungarian Bergführer Officer’s field cap

The order was created in 1886 by Emperor Dong Khanh as a civil and military award and was also awarded by French Colonial government

1 Clasp - MALAYA (silver

with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves with a raised mobile swastika in the center

Footnote: Charles Martin Knack was born on July 10

Russia, Imperial. An 1873 Commemorative Medallion For The Dedication Of The Catherine The Great Monument In St. Petersburg United Republic of A rare Austro-Hungarian Bergführer Officer’sConstructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Catherine the Great Monument in Ostrovsky Square in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic dedication from Tsar Alexander II, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic dedication and date of 1873, unmarked, measuring 36 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.