A RARE RUSSIAN GOLD MEDAL AWARDED BY EMPEROR NICHOLAS II FOR ZEAL, ENGRAVED BY VASYUTINSKY, 1894 the front features a portrait of the emperor in profile surrounded by legend in Russian By the Grace of God Nicholas II Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia, the verso with ribbon-tied palm, oak and laurel branches and an inscription reading For Zeal in Russian, diameter: 30 mm (1 1/8 in.), in a fitted box
LITERATURE Illustrated in M. E. Diakov, Medals of the Russian Empire: Part Seven 1894-1917, (Russia: M. Diakov and A. Khramenkov eds., 2007), p. 39, ill. 1138.3