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Medal - Christening
| Location | Russia |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a high-relief scene of two guardian angels tending over a swaddled infant in a manger-like setting, rendered in frosted relief against a mirror-polished black field. The composition is framed by an ornate heart-shaped border with scrollwork and floral decorative elements at the top and bottom of the rim. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a baptismal font in the foreground flanked by three lit candles on the left and a hanging oil lamp on the right, with the Mandylion (the Image of Edessa, the holy face of Christ) displayed on a cloth in the background. The scene is set within a mirror-polished field framed by an ornate floral and foliate border surmounted by a cross. The inscription 'Ag 925' appears in the right field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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