An interesting example of the staff of a very rare version of the medal for the visit of Alexander I to Paris.
Obverse: bust of the Tsar in the gala uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment; in the rim the legend:
ALEXANDRE 1ER EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES - NÉ LE 23 DECEMBRE 1777;
Brass, diameter 42 mm, weight 29 g.