Imperial Russia Wanted Help with Identification & Translation of writing on the following

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Gents,

I have had these things in my possession for a while but I am in the dark

about what they were exactly for:-

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[Kev in Deva]

Front:-

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Full Length:-

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Nasty Ruski Spiky thing waiting to impale fingers

ribbon appears to be blue silk, glued to the "spange".

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Number 2:- SILVER MEDAL.

Ribbon is a modern replacement.

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Close-up, tricky to photograph with the glare on the silver.

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Item 3:-

Some type of a JETON??

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Edited April 16, 2008 by Kev in Deva

[Kev in Deva]

Other Side:-

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Item Four:-

Camera Battery needs recharging so I will post the other side of this one later.

Kevin in Deva,

[Guest Rick Research]

Well, toss the icky junk suspension on the first one. that's the campaign medal for the Crimean War.

Second one is a commemorative of Tsar Alexander II's rule, 1881-1894.

The jeton's reverse shown first has at top, either side of the eagle "France" and "England"

with "In memory of the great war 1914" under ? Poincar? and George V.

The obverse shown second has "Emperor Nicholas II" and the oft-heard slogan

"God Keep The Tsar!" (Bozhe Tsarya Khrani!) which is often followed over here by the old emigrants' refrain "Yes! And far, far away!"

#10 I shall await CONTEXT on. Old Church Slavonic from before the Revolution is even older than me. It is along the lines of "Suffering until the end of redemption" which doesn't sound very ... positive--though reminds me of the Old School of me own Sainted Oirish Pastor, Fatttthhhhhher O'Toole.

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Ricky,

many thanks for you comments so far;

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[Kev in Deva]

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Obtained separately from the Russian items and in SILVER

obviously a early WW1 Commemorative piece.

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Reverse:-

stamped:-

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[Guest Rick Research]

Hmm. Not sure what the bronze coin type medallion is. Just Nicky's titles on the other side. The back may more accurately be something like "for the relief of suffering." Dunno when-- or why.