07-14-2013, 09:12 PM
The Medals "Shipka Russian Monastery-Memorial In Memory Of Consecration 15-IX-1902" were handed out to participants of the consecration of the Shipka Monastery in 1902. A large contingent of Russians were invited as part of the 25th anniversary of Bulgarian liberation.
This first example was made of aluminium at I. B. Factory Of Metal Goods And Pressing. The obverse depicts His Imperial Highness Tsar Aleksandr II and His Serene Highness Knjaz Ferdinand I. The late liberator and presiding Knjaz.
This first example was made of aluminium at I. B. Factory Of Metal Goods And Pressing. The obverse depicts His Imperial Highness Tsar Aleksandr II and His Serene Highness Knjaz Ferdinand I. The late liberator and presiding Knjaz.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
