Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter GTRexclude Idar Oberstein)

Idar Oberstein)

the reverse unused in with a Hoffmann studio mark

(Arbeiterinnenkreuz nach 50 Dienstjahren)

Footnote: The medal was awarded to any person or group or category of people nominated by the Prime Minister

Russia, Imperial. A 1771 Table Medal For Count Orlov’s Rescue Of Moscow, By Georg Christian Waechter GTRexclude Idar Oberstein)Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Count Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov in high relief and exceptional detail, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Orlov in a Roman style uniform and mounted on a horse, superimposed over a detailed Moscow skyline (symbolizing Orlovs successful initiatives to quell the plague and civil unrest which had gripped the city),