Russian, Imperial. A Medal for the Conquest of Livonia 1710 in Bronze, by Timofey Ivanov Buy Now measuring 29 mm (w) x

measuring 29 mm (w) x 36 mm (h)

the obverse bearing a stylized frame with a blue enameled centrepiece overlaid by a silvered Schwarzburg lion rampant

bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “GESCHWADER BOELCKE” flanking a pair of wings

Klingelhoeffer was promoted to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)

encircled by a beaded circular outsider ring

Russian, Imperial. A Medal for the Conquest of Livonia 1710 in Bronze, by Timofey Ivanov Buy Now measuring 29 mm (w) xConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Tsar Peter I (the Great), circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Hercules holding a globe bearing inscriptions of NARVA REVEL DERPT LI VONIA PERNAV ARENSBVRG RIGA, circumscribed by an inscription of SUNT MIHI OV VALEANT IN TALIA PONDERA VIRES OV. MET. (I HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH FOR SUCH A BURDEN OVID METAMORPHOSES), the obverse engraver