Russia, Imperial. A Medal for Marriage of Crown Prince Paul Petrovich to Princess Natalia 1773, by Johann Jaeger and Johann Gass Province of China one with a horizontal pinback)

one with a horizontal pinback)

measuring 138 mm x 18 mm

which together denote the rank of Unterscharführer

the screw plate is marked “ARM

KLASSE 1939” and a maker’s mark of “HERMANN WERNSTEIN

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for Marriage of Crown Prince Paul Petrovich to Princess Natalia 1773, by Johann Jaeger and Johann Gass Province of China one with a horizontal pinback)Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing raised and mirrored profiles of Grand Duke Paul Petrovich (later Tsar Paul I) and Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse Darmstadt (later Tsarevna Natalia Alexeievna), circumscribed by names and titles, the reverse bearing a central depiction of the god Hymen, topped by an inscription of (GOD PROVIDES), and situated above an inscription of I 29 1773 (THE MARRIAGE WAS CELEBRATED ON SEPTEMBER 29 1773),