Russia, Imperial. A Prize Medal For Diligence And Art From The Ministry Of Trade And Industry consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with some remaining steel hobnails

with some remaining steel hobnails in place

Instituted in 1870 by Friedrich II

Footnote: The Reverend Leonard Thomas Strong was born in June 1872 and was a very devout man

with good old patina

at this stage of the battle

Russia, Imperial. A Prize Medal For Diligence And Art From The Ministry Of Trade And Industry consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with some remaining steel hobnailsConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Nicholas II, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a Cyrillinc inscription of (FOR DILIGENCE AND ART FROM THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY), set within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 51 mm in diameter, with surface oxidation evident to the edge of the obverse, in better than very fine condition.