Russia, Imperial. A 1696 Medal For The Azov Campaign Newly Listed measuring 42 mm x 33

measuring 42 mm x 33 mm

Naming has been shaved and re-engraved

for those that had rendered outstanding service

born October 31st 1895 in Breisgau

stamped in black ink "Paul Preuss

Russia, Imperial. A 1696 Medal For The Azov Campaign Newly Listed measuring 42 mm x 33Constructed 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