Russia, Imperial. An 1896 Medal For The All-Russia Exhibition In Nizhny Novgorod Hold with crossed silver laurel branches

with crossed silver laurel branches with green enameled leaves set onto the lower arm

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Russia, Imperial. An 1896 Medal For The All-Russia Exhibition In Nizhny Novgorod Hold with crossed silver laurel branchesConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of Mother Russia seated against an industrial landscape and surrounded by implements of industry and commerce, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of NIZHNY NOVGOROD and a date of 1896, the reverse bearing overlapping plaques featuring detailed images of the pavilions of the 1896 All Russian Exhibition, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription describing the event, the obverse