Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal United Republic of Footnote: Charles Thomas Cowell was

Footnote: Charles Thomas Cowell was one of fifteen former employees of the Post Office who were presented with the Imperial Service Medal in a ceremony conducted by Postmaster C

Constructed of multi-coloured rayon machine embroidery

In bronze from captured French cannons

and minor scratching of the surface

Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal United Republic of Footnote: Charles Thomas Cowell wasConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraskin, circumscribed by name and title in Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of four Russian warships at sea, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription of DEATH IS BETTER THAN INFIDELITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIGILANT, situated above a date of 1708 indicating issue to commemorative Admiral Apraskins leadership during the Great