Russia, Imperial. A 1731 Commemorative Medallion For Monetary Reform Hold A rare period original photograph

A rare period original photograph

Justice Morice

Fabricated from a thick leather with a pebbled black finished upper

58 mm x 62 mm

circa late 1930’s until 1944

Russia, Imperial. A 1731 Commemorative Medallion For Monetary Reform Hold A rare period original photographConstructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a raised and right facing bust of Tsarina Anna, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Providence, surrounded by a Latin inscription indicating that the medallion was issued to commemorate the 1731 reform of the monetary system in the Russia (which included the introduction of the ruble), the obverse bearing an unidentified makers mark, measuring