Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked GODET BERLIN

maker marked GODET BERLIN

42 mm x 126 mm

MÜNSTER”

Footnote: Frederick Lewis Henderson was born on April 29

oxidation spots evident on the obverse and on the edge

Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked GODET BERLINConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of Tsar Alexander II in the regalia of a medieval Russian warrior, his arms around a nobleman and peasant who are shaking hands, situated against a backdrop featuring agricultural imagery, topped by a date of 19 FEBRUARY 1861 in Cyrcillic, the reverse bearing a central raised Russian Orthodox cross overlaying a radiant background, circumscribed by a Cyrillic prayer, the obverse