Hundtorget Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 These dont belong to the family and photos that i have asked about earlyer. I dont think they are wery rare but i havent found them in auktionlists or questions about them here. One of them is also in poor quality. But do you know anything of the purpose of these two medallions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hundtorget Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 The backsides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treloarth Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 See Wikepedia for details ofAleksei Alekseevich Brusilov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов) (August 19, 1853 ? March 17, 1926) was a Russian cavalry general most noted for the development of a military offensive tactic used in the Brusilov offensive of 1916. His war memoirs were translated into English and published in 1930 as A Soldier's Notebook, 1914?1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treloarth Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 I was referring to the right hand obverse and left hand reverse. I don't recognise the other medallion though the Russian is easily translated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hundtorget Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Thank you. I understod enough to read out that it was general Brusilov. It is not made in high quality and is it a small medal sold to people who admired Brusilow and not given as award?The other medallion: Has it a military background or is it something completley diffrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hundtorget Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 The other medallion: Has it a military background or is it something completley diffrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 My computer cannot read Russian, so while I canif it is legibleI can only go by what I can see on the very small, dark, and splotchy scans of that medal--On the front is only the emperor's name (which I cannot read) with his title "Emperor of All the Russias."On the back at top is "To a school pupil" over the initials "V. U. Z." In the center under that is "in memory/as a souvenir" and along the bottom "of unforgettable gratitude."So it is some sort of school commemorative of SOMETHING that is not specified by anything on the words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hundtorget Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thankyou!Now i know that is was some type of award to scoolpupils 1896 and 4000 was made of it if i have understod you and the russian text right.I will try to get a russian lexicon so i dont put out stupid questions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hello! Welcome to the GMIC. Very interesting thread here. I saw no stupid questions. Please ask away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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