Russia, Imperial. A 1894 French & Russian Imperial Memorial Fob Newly Listed August-September 1940"

August-September 1940"

extremely fine condition with light patina

in silvery bullion

Wagener wrote his own surname in black ink

Russia, Imperial. A 1894 French & Russian Imperial Memorial Fob Newly Listed August-September 1940"Die stamped brass, two piece constructed disk measuring 42 mm in diameter, illustrating two leaders that died in 1894, one side illustrating the bust of Russian Tsar Alexander III (1845 1894, reign: 1881 1894, died from terminal kidney disease = nephritis), the other side illustrating the bust of the Fourth President of the French Third Republic Sadi Carnot (1837 1894, in office: 1887 1894, assassinated by an Italian anarchist), the disk surmounted by