Medal - Count Alexei Orlov Winner and fighter of the Turkish fleet
Medal - Count Alexei Orlov Winner and fighter of the Turkish fleet
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Location
Russian
Empire
Year
1770
Type
Commemorative 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)
