Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Restoration of the Winter Palace in Bronze, by Heinrich Gube Buy Now but with sufficient gilding remaining

but with sufficient gilding remaining to positively identify this example as a gold grade close combat clasp

ability or disability can be of service to his or her fellows and community through its ranks

engraver marked "E Bargas"

for actions taken in late November in France

with a black rayon backer on the revese

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Restoration of the Winter Palace in Bronze, by Heinrich Gube Buy Now but with sufficient gilding remainingConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Tsar Nicholas I, topped by an inscription of (IN GRATITUDE), the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by dedications commemorating its 1838 restoration following a devastating fire in the previous year, the reverse marked with the dedication of engraver Heinrich Gube, St. Petersburg, measuring 34. 07 mm in diameter, weighing 21.