Russia, Imperial. An 1819 Medal For The Launch Of The Sloops Discovery And Benevolent United Republic of measuring 63 mm (w) x

measuring 63 mm (w) x 75 mm (h) inclusive of wool backer

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 36866 of Friday

overlaid by a patinated winged bomb

flanked by a target overlaid by a mobile swastika

Russia, Imperial. An 1819 Medal For The Launch Of The Sloops Discovery And Benevolent United Republic of measuring 63 mm (w) xConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Alexander I, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a plain Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was issued in 1819 to commemorate the launch of the sloops (DISCOVERY) and (BENEVOLENT), unmarked, measuring 42 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.