Russia, Imperial. A 1903 Table Medal For Diligence And Art From The Ministry Of Finance Auction Archive measuring 810 mm in length

measuring 810 mm in length

measuring 33 mm (w) x 51

front panel illustrating an eagle standing upon a shield bearing five stars above red and white vertical stripes

overlaid by a swooping gilded Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Russia, Imperial. A 1903 Table Medal For Diligence And Art From The Ministry Of Finance Auction Archive measuring 810 mm in lengthConstructed of silvered 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 wreathed dedication to Diligence and Art from the Ministry of Finance, the edge bearing an engraved inscription indicating that the medal was issued for the International Scientific and Industrial Exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1903, unmarked, measuring 50. 94 mm in