1778 AD

Россия
Katharina II
Migration of Christians from the Crimea to Russia
Medal Bronze 92
 SHH 6455

6455 Rossia 1778 Victory of Berezan and Otchakov Medal Bronze

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Provenance
 296.4 g   91.8 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Bust of field marshal Potjomkin right; inscription clockwise around
КНЯЗЬ ГРИГОРΪЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧЬ ПОТЕМКИНЪ ТАВРИЧЕСКЙ,
ГЕНЕРАЛЪ ФЕЛЬДМАРШАЛЪ.; engraver mark К. В. БЕЗРОДНОЙ below;
engraver mark C.LEBERECHT.F in exergue; double linear border.
Topographic view of the island of  Berezan,
the fortress of Ostachov and the Russian siege forces;
УСЕРДΪЕМЪ И ХРАБРОСТΪЮ. ABOVE,
inscription in three lines in exergue ВЗЯТΪЕ ОЧАКОВА КРЪРОСТИ БЕРЕ //
ЗАНСКОЙ И ПОБЪДБΪ НА ЛИМАНЪ // ВЪ 1788  ГОДУ.
Bronze medal of V. Bezrodnoy and P. W. Gass.
"Bronzemedaille auf die Eroberung der Insel Berezan im November 1788 im Schwarzen Meer und der Eroberung der Festung Ochakov, unter dem Kommando von Generalfeldmarschall Gregor Alexandrowitsch Potemkin." [seller]
Diakov 212.2.
Ex Künker 289/1975, 14.3.2017; ex Künker 172/7238, 2010.