FOR THE CAPTURE OF PARIS, March 19, 1814, Russian Imperial silver medal Diameter: 28 mm; Weight: 10.44 g; The medal "For the Capture of Paris on March 19, 1814" was established on August 18 (30), 1814 by the manifesto of Emperor Alexander I in honor of the capture of Paris by Russian troops on March 19 (31), 1814. On the obverse of the medal there is a chest, facing to the right, image of Alexander I in a laurel wreath and in the radiance of the radiant "all-seeing eye" located above it. On the reverse side, along the entire circumference of the medal, there is a straight five-line inscription in the laurel wreath: "FOR THE CAPTURE OF PARIS — MARCH 19— 1814.".[1] The medal was intended to reward all participants in the capture of the French capital — from a soldier to a general. But it was not awarded to them: with the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty, the Russian emperor considered it undiplomatic to publish this medal, which would remind France of the former collapse of its capital. And only 12 years later, the medal was distributed to the participants of the 1814 campaign at the behest of the new Emperor Nicholas I, who "... on the eve of the anniversary of the Russian entry into Paris, on March 18, 1826, ordered this medal to be consecrated on the tomb of his brother (Alexander I)." The awarding of the award to the participants began on March 19, 1826 and lasted until May 1, 1832. In total, more than 160 thousand medals were awarded. Naturally, in the portraits of the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812, which were painted before 1826, this medal is missing among other awards. The medal was made of silver. There were basically three types of it in size: combined arms — with a diameter of 28 and 25 mm and for awarding cavalrymen — 22 mm. There was a transverse eyelet with a ring threaded through it for hanging the award on the ribbon. A similar medal belonging to the famous partisan of 1812 Denis Davydov is kept in the St. Petersburg Military History Museum. There are also many varieties of this medal in reduced sizes — 12, 15, 18 mm. These are dress medals to be worn on civilian clothes. The medal was worn on the chest on the first introduced combined St. Andrew's and St. George ribbon. It was of the usual width, but it consisted of two narrow ribbons: St. Andrew's — blue and St. George's — orange with three black stripes.

Type Medals, coins

Date of sale 2023-05-20

Auction House Eternity Gallery

Where was the auction held USA