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Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg, 1839
Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg. Obverse: Head of Tzar Nicholas I (right). Legend in Russian script (Nicholas I, by Gods will, Emperor and ruler of all the Russias). Reverse: The St Petersburg observatory building, at Pulkovo heights, with a lake and trees in the foreground within a raised circle of signs of the zodiac. Legend and inscription in Russian, (Year 1839, by the order of Emperor Nicholas I). Boxed.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2667 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gube, Heinrich |
| Date made: | 1839 |
| People: | Gube, Heinrich; Tsar Nicholas I of Russia Tsar Nicholas I of Russia |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Airy Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 66 mm |
| Parts: | Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg, 1839 |