appointment to a rank of First Lieutenant
The album measures 25 cm (w) x 19 cm (h)
Two rayon straps emanate from the waistband
the outer edge of the circle trimmed in black embroidery
H 750 on the bottom arm (both for the maker Gebrüder Hemmerle
Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Declaration of War on the Ottoman Empire 1828, by Gottfried Loos and Heinrich Gube Archive appointment to a rank ofConstructed of copper, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Nicholas I, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Tsar in classical armour, receiving a sword from a female personification of faith, circumscribed by an inscription of ACCINGE FEMORI GLADIUM TUUM HEROS. PS. 45. 4. (GIRD THY WAIST, OH MIGHTY ONE, WITH THY SWORD (GIRD THY SWORD UPON THY THIGH, OH MIGHTY ONE (PSALM