Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Establishment of Settlements in Novorossiya 1754, by Timofey Ivanov Archive The veteran’s association honour badge

The veteran’s association honour badge was awarded by the League of Former 143rds

A grouping of two first-war period German commemorative medals

Petersbourg

contact marks and scuffing evident on the exterior

treated for seventeen days before being discharged on June 10th

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Establishment of Settlements in Novorossiya 1754, by Timofey Ivanov Archive The veteran’s association honour badgeConstructed of coppered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Empress Elizabeth, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Mother Russia hailing a Russian settlement in Novorossiya (New Serbia), topped by an inscription of NOVA SERVIA CONSTITUTA (NEW SERBIA ESTABLISHED), and situated above a date of 1754 in Roman numerals, the obverse maker marked with the logo of Timofey Ivanovich