Russia, Imperial. A Rare Photograph Of 1885 Ceremony With Tsar Alexander III United Republic of Mercantile Marine War Medal (in

Mercantile Marine War Medal (in bronze

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Russia, Imperial. A Rare Photograph Of 1885 Ceremony With Tsar Alexander III United Republic of Mercantile Marine War Medal (inBlack and white photograph, faded to a sepia toned look, obverse illustrating an official Russian Orthodox ceremony taking place in front of a large tent involving Tsar Alexander III, with numerous individuals in military attire, along with others in flowing robes throughout the panorama, the campus decorated with various flags and pennants, a large banner with the crowned cypher of the Tsar emblazoned upon it behind the tent, with a flag flying from