Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal Newly Listed naming Page as a Commissioner

naming Page as a Commissioner for taking Affidavits for the NWT

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8 mm x 61 mm

seven-pointed star-shaped base

above a maker’s mark of “HAERSCH ARDISSON” with a location of “CANNES”

Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal Newly Listed naming Page as a CommissionerConstructed 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