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Naval Reward medal commemorating the voyage of the 'Nadezhda', 1803-1806
Naval reward medal commemorating the voyage of the 'Nadezhda', 1803-06. Naval reward. Obverse: Bust of Czar Alexander I in a high collar and full uniform of Preobrazhenski Guards (right). A three-masted ship under sail within an oval. Legend in Russian (For sailing round the world). Fitted with a ring. Struck to commemorate Admiral Krusenstern's cruise round the world.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0483 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Naval reward |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Begrodnoy, B.; Leberecht, C. |
| Places: | Russia |
| Events: | First Russian circumnavigation of the Earth, 1803 |
| Vessels: | Nadezhda fl.1803 |
| Date made: | 1806 |
| People: | Tsar Alexander I of Russia; Krusenstern, Adam Johann17 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 38 x 28 mm |