Medal commemorating Admiral Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846)

Medal commemorating Admiral Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846). Obverse: Head of Admiral Krusenstern (left). Legend in Russian (Ivan Feodorovich Krusenstern). Reverse: A winged woman, standing, her left hand resting on an anchor, her right raised, holding three ears of corn; an antique galley with staff and ribbon behind her. Legend in Russian (To the first Russian navigator to sail round the world; in commemoration of fifty years service; from the fleet). Exergue: '1805'.

Object Details

ID: MEC0431
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: W. Baranov
Places: Russia
Date made: 1839
People: Krusenstern, Adam Johann17; Krusenstern, Adam Johann17
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 65 mm