Medal - Count Alexei Orlov Winner and fighter of the Turkish fleet
Medal - Count Alexei Orlov Winner and fighter of the Turkish fleet
€134,900.00
Location
Russian
Empire
Year
1770
Type
Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Weight
Diameter
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Johann Baltazar Bass
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Portrait of Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov.
Obverse lettering
Гр: А: ГР: ОРЛОВЪ. ПОБѢДИТЕЛЬ И
ИСТРЕБИ ТѢЛЬ ТУРѢЦКАГО ФЛОТА.
IBGASS F (Translation: Count A. Orlov Winner and fighter of the Turkish fleet Johann Baltazar Bass did)
Obverse script
Reverse description
Map of sea battle - Battle of Chesma.
Reverse lettering
И БЫСТЪ РОССIИ РАДОСТЪ И ВЕСЕЛIЕ
ОСТ.- ПАЛМА- ТОРЕ НАТОЛIИ ЛАЗАМЕНО ЧЕСМЕ О.ГОНСИ З.ФИНО СЦIО
ЛЕНА
ОСТ.ХIО
ЧЕСМА IЮНЯ 24. И 26. 1770.
ВЪ БЛАГОДАРНОСТЪ ПОБЕ
ДИТЕЛЮ ОТЪ АДМ:
КОЛЛ:
Reverse script
Engraver
Saint Petersburg / Leningrad / Petrograd, Russia (1724-date)
