Russia, Imperial. A 1953 City of St. Petersburg 250th Anniversary Medal, French-Made Russian Émigré Example Province of China unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a rare early variant manufactured by Deschler & Sohn

Louis for a cable cutting incursion into Guantanamo Bay

while the reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “CLEMEN & JUNG” for the prolific Solingen-based edged weapons manufacturer

to Colonel AUS on August 21

and Turkey (Ottoman Empire): Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)

Russia, Imperial. A 1953 City of St. Petersburg 250th Anniversary Medal, French-Made Russian Émigré Example Province of China unmarked but demonstrating the characteristicsConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Tsar Peter I (the Great), circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised double headed Russian imperial eagle defaced by a St. Petersburg coat of arms, flanked by dates 1703 1953 in Roman numerals, situated above an inscription of S. PETERSBURG DIE XVI MAI S. V., the obverse engraver marked with the dedication of Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier for the