Obverse: Laureate head in profile right. Reverse: Within laurel wreath, an inscription, commemmorating the victory of General von Diebitsch bei Schumla during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829

Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia (1796-1855; 1825, Emperor), Battle of Schumla on May 30, 1829

Modeled by Gottfried Bernhard Loos, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

1829

The Battle of Schumla was fought between Russia and Turkey over the fate of the Orthodox Christian population in the Balkans.

See More of the Collection

Small locket in the form of a female head wearing a tall white wig and a black mask that covers the upper part of the face, with rosy cheeks and red lips, in gilt metal mount, the locket opens in back to reveal a hollow compartment.
Hercules Reclining, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Napoleon (1769-1821) facing left wearing a laurel wreath. Napoleon was the French Emperor reigning between (1804-1814) before taking control of Italy between 1805 and 1814.He was banished to Saint Helena where he died of cancer of the stomach with his body being returned tio Paris in 1840, 19 years after his death to be placed in the crypt of the Invalides.
Obverse: Laureate head in profile right. Reverse: Within laurel wreath, an inscription, commemmorating the victory of General von Diebitsch bei Schumla during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829