Gold medal 1863, 18.75 g. Award medal on the Liberation of State Serfs. Unsigned, struck in the mint of St. Petersburg. Portrait of Alexander II left, above inscription "Thank you", below "26. Juni 1863". Rv. Five-line inscription "For the work in the settlements of the appendage peasants". 27.9 mm. Diakov 712.1 (R4). Bitkin 968 (R4). Von grösster Seltenheit, nur 46 Exemplare in Gold geprägt / Of the highest rarity, only 46 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 391.
Most certainly from the Georg Michailovitsch Collection, auction A. Hess AG, Lucerne, October 1939, lot 504.