Religious medal; gilded brass; ovular with metal loop for chain attachment; obverse: image: representation of St. Alexander Nevsky (left) and Saint Nicholas the Miracle Worker (right) with nativity scene between them, text: С.Б.К. Александръ Невск (left) С.Б. Николай Чyдотворецъ (right), transl: S.B. Alexander Nevsk (left) and S.B. Nikolai the magician (literal translation) (right); reverse: image: Church of Christ the Savior, Moscow; text: Xрам Xриста Cпоситель (above), Вь Москвъ 1883 (below); translation: Temple/Church of Christ the Savior (above) in Moscow 1883 (below); length: medal w/o loop 4.5 cm; width: 3.7 cm.
Collection place:
Russia
Production place:
Russia
Person depicted:
Saint Nicholas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Medals
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)