Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom Auction Archive England on November 1st

England on November 1st

Footnote: Although his later fame came about as a fighter pilot in the Imperial German Air Force (Luftstreitkräfte)

at times in strength

in turn meeting a bronze buckle set into the opposite end

A German Animal Welfare Association Pin

Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom Auction Archive England on November 1stConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of Tsar Alexander II in the regalia of a medieval Russian warrior, his arms around a nobleman and peasant who are shaking hands, situated against a backdrop featuring agricultural imagery, topped by a date of 19 FEBRUARY 1861 in Cyrcillic, the reverse bearing a central raised Russian Orthodox cross overlaying a radiant background, circumscribed by a Cyrillic prayer, the obverse