Need help with a imperial Russian Token

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  1. gxseries

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  3. Corn Man

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  4. Corn Man

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    Waiting for closers pics
     
  5. KSorbo

    KSorbo Well-Known Member

    The name “Sergei” is spelled in Ukrainian. I think the second word in the line above it is «князу» (prince). It doesn’t seem like it should be of Soviet origin, but not sure how much the Ukrainian language would have been used on official medals in Czarist times?
     
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  6. Corn Man

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    Cant get a pic of the text to the right.
     
  7. The Eidolon

    The Eidolon Well-Known Member

    Are you sure those marks are text? The strokes don't have enough variety of
    angle to be Cyrillic text. They are almost all vertical, almost like tally marks or
    blades of grass. If you compare them to the barely readable text on the
    pillar, they are completely different.
     
  8. Corn Man

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    Im not sure the item is so worn on that spot
     
  9. muhfff

    muhfff Well-Known Member

    I don't know exactly what medal it is, but it is definitely from Czarist era. The soviets would have never put Nicholas II and Alexander III on their medals.
    Too bad the text under the building is not readable. That would probably explain the purpose of the medal :)
     
  10. Siberian Man

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    Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov (Younger brother of Tsar Alexander III) was killed by terrorists in 1905. His personality was rather vile. He was a homosexual, an ignorant politician, and just a bad person. And the medal is minted in memory of his death.
    Сергей Александрович.jpeg
     
  11. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    When his older brother Alexander became king, an epigram appeared:

    Gentlemen to tell the truth, ex-Grand Duke Alexander
    Very bad in the role of the king, but he's not a clown.
    Yes. He is not very smart, but he's not Asian either,
    And he's not a pederast, like his Seryozha-brother.
     
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