Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Capture of Adrianople 1829, by Christoph Pfeuffer and Gottfried Loos United Republic of reverse with a needle-style pinback

reverse with a needle-style pinback on a ball-hinge meeting a round wire catch

It was nice and warm in there and I must have fallen asleep because first thing I knew

the obverse center medallion presents the right facing effigy of Marianne

for a course of instructions in naval warfare

2nd Regiment on February 12th 1807 and saw service throughout the Napoleonic wars

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Capture of Adrianople 1829, by Christoph Pfeuffer and Gottfried Loos United Republic of reverse with a needle-style pinbackConstructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing an ornately clad classical warrior situated against a backdrop symbolizing the fortifications of Adrianople (now Edirne, Turkey), circumscribed by an inscription of HADRIANOPOL VICTR RVSSOR COPIIS DEDIT (ADRIANOPLE SURRENDERED TO THE VICTORIOUS RUSSIAN FORCES), situated above a date of AUGUST 5 1829 in Latin and Roman numerals, the reverse bearing an inscription of AVSPICIIS GLORIOSISSIMIS NICOLAI I