MEDALLION WITH A PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS CATHERINE II, COMMEMORATING THE PEACE TREATY WITH SWEDEN Russia, 1790

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inscribed in Cyrillic ‘BM Ekaterina II Imperatrica I Gosudaryna Vseya Rusi’ [Catherine II, Empress and Sovereign of All Russia], and ‘3 avgusta 1790. Sosedstvenny I Vechny / Mir S Shvecieu zakluchen 3 avgusta 1790 goda’ [August 3, 1790. A Neighborly and Eternal Peace with Sweden was concluded on August 3, 1790] Framed: D. 8.4 cm This medallion commemorates the Treaty of Värälä, which ended the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790). It features a profile of Empress Catherine the Great, after the design by Timofei Ivanov and Johann Balthasar Gass.

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