Beschreibung

Gold medal n. d. (1879), 20.01 g. Award Medal for Saving the Life of Alexander II at the Attempt to Assassinate the Tzar by A. K. Soloviev. Unsigned, struck in the St. Petersburg mint. Portrait of Alexander II left, obverse inscription, "B. M. Alexander II Imp. of All Russia.". Rv. Two-line inscription "For salvation". 28.6 mm. Diakov 856.1 (R5). Bitkin 989 (R4). Von grösster Seltenheit, nur 6 Exemplare in Gold geprägt / Of the highest rarity, only 6 specimens struck in gold. Fast FDC / About Mint State. Mit Originalhenkel und schwarz-rotem Band / Original loop attached and with black-red ribbon.

From the François Delamare Collection.
Most certainly from the Georg Michailovitsch Collection, auction Christie's Manson & Woods, London, July 1950, lot 422.
Most certainly from the Georg Michailovitsch Collection, auction A. Hess AG, Lucerne, October 1939, lot 538.