Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Liberation of Moscow 1812, by Alexey Klepikov Buy Now all opening with reinforced horizontal

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Attempts to restructure the movement into a more general money management service had failed because of a lack of financial support from the government and the banking industry

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Liberation of Moscow 1812, by Alexey Klepikov Buy Now all opening with reinforced horizontalConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander I in medieval armour and wielding a spear with an ornately decorated shield executed in high relief, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (RODOMYSL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a seated female personification of the city of Moscow, situated behind a helmeted warrior wielding a sword and shield