Russia, Imperial. A Medal Commemorating The Creation Of Parish Schools, C. 1909 Newly Listed with both attachment loops still

with both attachment loops still intact on the reverse

circa 1810-20

(1886-1948 Issued)

and Memorial Cross GRVI (SGT

Russia, Imperial. A Medal Commemorating The Creation Of Parish Schools, C. 1909 Newly Listed with both attachment loops stillConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a pentagonal bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with raised leftward facing profiles of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsar Alexander III, circumscribed by names and titles in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a raised open book bearing the first eight letters of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, flanked by dates 1884 1909, topped by a Russian Othodox cross, the