Russia, Imperial. An 1812 British-Made Medallion Commemorating Tsar Alexander I For The Napoleonic Wars, By Thomas Wyon Buy Now (Kriegshaft Douglas Erinnerungsmedaille)

(Kriegshaft Douglas Erinnerungsmedaille)

measuring 742mm (w) x 515mm (l)

high relief and very well executed

It is in the eastern part where S

only minor enamel loss evident on this example

Russia, Imperial. An 1812 British-Made Medallion Commemorating Tsar Alexander I For The Napoleonic Wars, By Thomas Wyon Buy Now (Kriegshaft Douglas Erinnerungsmedaille)Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Tsar Alexander I, circumscribed by name and title in English, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of THE AVENGER OF EUROPE, circumscribed by an inscription of THE HEROIC DEFENDER OF HIS COUNTRY and a date of 1812 in Roman numerals, the obverse marked WYON for British medallist and later Royal Mint chief engraver Thomas Wyon, measuring 44. 65 mm