Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg GTRexclude for transporting troops to war

for transporting troops to war in the Crimea and in India

wear spots evident on the exterior corners on the lid

bearing a handwritten inscription

and dated “1935”

Arthur Samuel Dyson: 1914 Star (1721 PTE A

Russia, Imperial. An 1899 Table Medal For The Franco-Russian Exhibition In St. Petersburg GTRexclude for transporting troops to warConstructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse bearing two raised female figures symbolizing Marianne (France) and Mother Russia, flanked on the left by a red enameled Geneva Cross and on the right by a raised depiction of St. Isaacs Cathedral, set above an inscription of ST. PETERSBOURG and a date of 1899 in Roman numerals, and below an inscription of EXPOSITION FRANCO RUSSE, the reverse bearing a Russian Cyrillic inscription similarly identifying