Medals and Other Interesting Items

Ilya Murometz Standing at the Crossroads

Ilya Murometz Standing at the Crossroads. The legendary bogatyr is depicted with his faithful horse, Karushka, coming to the stone marker that is pointing to the Ukrainian cities of Киев (Kiev), Чернигов (Chernigov) and back to Муром (Murom). Ilya of...

Alexei Mikhailovich the Quietest Antique Bronze Medal

Tsar and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich the Quietest (Алексей Михайлович Тишайший). Reigned 1645-1676. From the series of Russian princes and tsars. Medalist Johann Balthasar Gass (1720-1813). Medal struck around 1770. Bust of Tsar wearing a crown and...

1855 Nicholas I Medal "100th Anniversary of Moscow University"

1855 Bronze Table Medal issued to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Moscow University. Obverse: M. Lomonosov and P.I. Shuvalov presenting the Charter of Moscow University to Empress Elizabeth I. Reverse: Crowned two-headed Russian eagle with...

Alexander Pushkin Medallion Plaque

Alexander Pushkin Medallion Plaque. A bas-relief casting from the, at the time, the Leningrad Mint, which is one of the largest mints in the world. (Today it's the St. Petersburg Mint.) Designed by medalist and sculptor Nikolai Sokolov (1892-1974) who...

Alexander Pushkin Plaque

Bas-relief wall plaque "Alexander Pushkin on the Neva Embankment". Silvered silumin casting by the experimental art casting plant Monumentskulptura, established in 1922 in St. Petersburg. Silumin is an alloy of aluminum with silicon. In excellent...

City of Vladimir Millennium Copper Tray

Vladimir Millennium Copper Tray. Vladimir was Russia's capital during the 12th-13th centuries. It's history is somewhat confused. In some Russian chronicles, the first annalist mention of the city is in 990, and in connection with the missionary campaign...

850th Anniversary of Moscow Souvenir Plate

Moscow 850 Years. Commemorative Metal Embossed Metal Plate produced for the 850th Anniversary of Moscow. An embossed copper plate with an interlocked ring border and a an image of St. George, the patron Saint of Moscow, slaying the dragon...