Commemorative medal - 200th anniversary of the 1709 Battle of Poltava [Tsarist Russia].

Commemorative commemorative medal - 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava 1709

Minted in 1909 - Period of Tsarist Russia.

On the Obverse a portrait of Tsar Peter I the Great.

Material brass, diameter : 27 [mm] without eyelet.

Rarity.

Battle of Poltava - armed clash that took place on July 8, 1709 during the Great Northern War, fought at Poltava in the Left Bank Ukraine between the troops of Swedish King Charles XII and the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great. As a result of the battle, the Swedish army was defeated.