RUSSIA. Satirical Russo-Franco Alliance Bronze Medal, 1897. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Diameter: 50mm. Weights 48.93 gms. By Mayer & Wilhelm in Stuttgart. Satirizing the Russo-Franco alliance and the breakdown in relations between Germany and Russia. Obverse: Personifications of Russia and France embracing one another; Reverse: Putto, wearing jester's cap and pointing downward, seated facing atop globe; previous battles between the two highlighted to left and right. Pleasing light brown-bronze surfaces, with some underlying brilliance. Rather SCARCE this attractive and problem free.
Estimate: $150.00- $300.00