Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube Buy Now concluding his wartime service as

concluding his wartime service as a member of the staff of a Waffen-SS training school

with a single rivet visible on the reverse

measuring 196 mm (w) x 120 mm (h)

by maker JMME (JMME -or IMME- & Sohn of Berlin)

In good very fine condition

Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube Buy Now concluding his wartime service asConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Nicolas I executed in high relief, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Apollo, resting his hand on a lyre and holding a laurel wreath over busts of Tsar Alexander I and Empress Catherine II ("the Great"), flanked by symbols of war, music, and the arts, circumscribed by an inscription of 1783 1818 (FOUNDED 1783 GRATEFULLY