A Russian Imperial Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War GTRexclude one Marine [William Parsons] and

one Marine [William Parsons] and sixteen sailors)

he was officially made a candidate for the rank of an official in the Army

) He was trained in the use of the Mauser type 98 rifle

thick smooth finished dark gray leather tab stitched in place on the underside on the right end

contact marks on and wear along the edge of the neck guard

A Russian Imperial Medal For The Centenary Of The 1812 War GTRexclude one Marine [William Parsons] andBronze gilt, obverse illustrating the right facing bust of Tsar Alexander I, reverse inscribed in Russian "1812 This Glorious Year Went By, But The Heroic Deeds Then Performed Will Never Pass 1912", 28. 2 mm, integral suspension, moderate gilt wear on the obverse, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The medal was instituted on August 12, 1912 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of the