Russia, Imperial. A Crimean War Campaign Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a lightweight wooden

constructed of a lightweight wooden core with a red faux leather exterior

creating a more efficient and direct route

12 mm (w) x 56

This location became the central residence for the knights and the supreme master until the beginning of the twentieth century

on the island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea

Russia, Imperial. A Crimean War Campaign Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a lightweight woodenLight bronze version, obverse illustrating the intertwining, crowned cyphers of Emperors Nicholas I and Alexander II topped by the all seeing eye emanating flaming rays, inscribed "1853 1854 1855 1856" below the cyphers, reverse inscribed "We Have Set Out Hopes in Thee O Lord, Let Us Never Be Ashamed" in Russian, measures 28. 0 mm (w) x 33. 7 mm (h), worn on a St. George ribbon, dark patina, very fine.