steel blue cotton mesh backer
1917 / WAR ENDED NOV
Other photos document sailors on a dock
the exterior bearing a white cotton disc 90 mm in diameter
of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border
Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Russo-Japanese War GTRexclude steel blue cotton mesh backer( ). Constructed of toned bronze, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of the All Seeing Eye, situated above dates 1904 1905, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic inscription of , (referencing 1 Peter 5: 6, MAY THE LORD EXALT YOU IN HIS OWN TIME), measuring 30. 58 mm in diameter, weighing 11. 1 grams, demonstrating some loss of finish, in addition to the loss of the suspension ring and ribbon, in very fine condition.