Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Liberation of Moscow 1812, by Alexey Klepikov Auction Archive SUISSE SWISS MADE 34/62

SUISSE SWISS MADE 34/62

many are wearing their awards

Royal Marines Cap Badge (in bronze gilt

where it saw action at the Battle of Caporetto (October - November 1917)

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Liberation of Moscow 1812, by Alexey Klepikov Auction Archive SUISSE SWISS MADE 34/62Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander I in medieval armour and wielding a spear with an ornately decorated shield executed in high relief, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (RODOMYSL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a seated female personification of the city of Moscow, situated behind a helmeted warrior wielding a sword and shield