A nice piece of a galvanic copy of a rare Russian medal issued to commemorate the opening of the docks in the fortress city of Kronstadt.
Binding. Version engraved by Timofey Ivanov author of, among other things, obverses of 10-rublevs of Catherine II.
Obverse: bust of Elisabeth in a dress with a cloak studded with jewels, below signature ТИМОѲЕИ IВАНОВЪ, in the rim legend:
D.G.ELISABETA.AVGVSTA.OMN.ROSS;
Reverse: view of Kronstadt harbor and docks with numerous ships, above, in half-arc inscription:
PERFICIT-PARENTIS-OPVS-, in section legend: NAVALI-CRONSTAD-DEDICATO/D-XXX-IVL-MDCCLII-;
Bronze, diameter 70 mm, weight 45.50 g.
