Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg GTRexclude for transporting troops to war

for transporting troops to war in the Crimea and in India

The certificate has the signature of the Obergebietsführer at the bottom

bearing a handwritten inscription

wear spots evident on the exterior corners on the lid

Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg GTRexclude for transporting troops to warConstructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse bearing two raised female figures symbolizing Marianne (France) and Mother Russia, flanked on the left by a red enameled Geneva Cross and on the right by a raised depiction of St. Isaacs Cathedral, set above an inscription of ST. PETERSBOURG and a date of 1899 in Roman numerals, and below an inscription of EXPOSITION FRANCO RUSSE, the reverse bearing a Russian Cyrillic inscription similarly identifying