Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Declaration of War on the Ottoman Empire 1828, by Gottfried Loos and Heinrich Gube Archive all opening with scalloped horizontal

all opening with scalloped horizontal flaps bearing reinforced buttonholes

It is also maker marked “Mohr & Speyer A-F” on a clothes tag in yellow embroidery

3 mm (w) x 157 mm (h)

A layer of identical material provides stylized side walls and is secured in place with a length of machine stitching

5 grams with oxidation and loss of finish evident throughout

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Declaration of War on the Ottoman Empire 1828, by Gottfried Loos and Heinrich Gube Archive all opening with scalloped horizontalConstructed of copper, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Nicholas I, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Tsar in classical armour, receiving a sword from a female personification of faith, circumscribed by an inscription of ACCINGE FEMORI GLADIUM TUUM HEROS. PS. 45. 4. (GIRD THY WAIST, OH MIGHTY ONE, WITH THY SWORD (GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH, OH MIGHTY ONE (PSALM