Russia, Imperial. A Teacher’s Merit Medal Auction demonstrating extensive soiling and material

demonstrating extensive soiling and material fatigue with possible replacement of the RZM label

he embarked Southampton for service in the French and Belgian theatres on September 14

1915" hand painted on bottom

mounted to a five-sided brass suspension with pinback

surrounded by a series of five wheat stalks

Russia, Imperial. A Teacher’s Merit Medal Auction demonstrating extensive soiling and materialConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension, obverse with central leftward facing profile of Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II circumscribed by names and titles in Russian Cyrillic, reverse with Russian Orthodox Cross with sun rays emanating from the top, open book with Cyrillic characters, and dates 1883 1909, measuring 28. 30 mm in diameter and weighing 12. 8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.