Russia, Imperial. A Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Medal "In Memory Of Tsarskoye Selo, Berlin 1818-1843" Hold the obverse centre presents an

the obverse centre presents an open-topped acanthus wreath encircling a open-winged national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

The document itself is dated to August 1

the reverse with an inscription of “IN ANERKENNUNG EINER HERVORRAGENDEN LEISTUNG GEGEBEN VOM REICHSSPORTFÜHRER” (“IN RECOGNITION OF AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE GIVEN BY A REICH SPORTS LEADER”)

Army Commendation Medal (in bronze gilt

Russia, Imperial. A Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Medal "In Memory Of Tsarskoye Selo, Berlin 1818-1843" Hold the obverse centre presents an( , 1818 1843 .). Instituted in 1843. In bronze gilt, measuring 33. 5 mm (w) x 38. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, without ribbon, fine. Footnote: In 1843, two infantry grenadier regiments celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of the appointment of two princes of Prussia as chiefs: Friedrich Wilhelm, who later became the Prussian king Frederick William IV, and Prince Wilhelm, chief of the Kaluga infantry