Russia, Imperial. A Rare Medal for Agrarian Reform in Poland, in Silver, with Case Archive with material fatigue including slight

with material fatigue including slight edge tearing evident throughout

1) The tunic is constructed of thick quality field-grey wool

the obverse bearing a central machine-embroidered aluminum wire tricolour cockade set within a gold bullion wire oak leaf wreath

the ribbon bar secured in place by dual push pins

but textbook example by maker JFS

Russia, Imperial. A Rare Medal for Agrarian Reform in Poland, in Silver, with Case Archive with material fatigue including slight( ). Instituted 8 December 1865 O. S. (1866 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing the raised and leftward facing profiles of Tsars Nicholas I and Alexander II, flanked on the left by Cyrillic dates "26 May 7 June 1846" (the date of the decree limiting the institution of serfdom in Poland) and on the right by dates 19 February 2 March 1864 (the date of the four decrees on the settlement of peasants in Poland), the six oclock position