Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Token for the Opening of the Monument to Peter the Great, 1782 United Republic of the edge maker marked “PR

the edge maker marked “PR

He was awarded the Hanoverian King William’s Cross and was later a Captain in the Hanoverian Artillery

signed: Theilen SS Hauptsturmführer"

black and blue enamels

The collar is flanked on each side by a tab constructed of silver-grey machine embroidery

Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Token for the Opening of the Monument to Peter the Great, 1782 United Republic of the edge maker marked “PRConstructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Empress Catherine II (the Great), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Bronze Horseman statue of Tsar Peter I (the Great), overlaid by inscriptions of I II (PETER I CATHERINE II), situated above a date of AUGUST 6 1782, measuring 24. 14 mm in diameter, weighing 6. 1 grams, demonstrating some bruising throughout the edges with softening of features, in better