Russia, Imperial. A 1696 Medal For The Azov Campaign Auction Archive 16 mm in diameter

16 mm in diameter

(Deutsches Kreuz)

It bears the stamp of the Wehrmacht High Command Office and facsimile signature of Alfred Jodl

52 mm x 16

He died at the age of 23 and is buried at Ripon Cemetery

Russia, Imperial. A 1696 Medal For The Azov Campaign Auction Archive 16 mm in diameterConstructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Peter I (the Great), circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a crowned and seated monarch surrounded by courtiers, circumscribed by inscriptions indicating that the medal was issued in 1696 in commemoration of the Azov campaigns of the Russo Turkish War of 1686 1700, the obverse engraver marked for an unidentified