Cross of Ismail

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Cross of Ismail

The cross of Ismail ( Russian Крест "За взятие Измаила" ) was a Russian Medal of Merit . After the conquest of today's Ukrainian city ​​of Ismajil on December 11th, July. / 22 December 1790 greg. it was given to officers and soldiers. The fortress Ismail was defended by the Turks. The founder was the Russian Tsarina Catherine II.

Order decoration

A yellow cross with rounded arm ends and the inscription in Russian "Ismail is conquered on December 11, 1790".

Ribbon (corresponds to the Order of St. George)

Ribbon

The tape had three black and two yellow (orange) stripes.

literature

  • Heinrich A. Pierer (Ed.): Universal encyclopedia of the present and the past or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Volume 13: Rema - Shame Many. 3. Edition. (4th edition). HA Pierer, Altenburg 1852, p. 522 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gustav Adolph Ackermann: Order book of all orders and decorations that have flourished and died in Europe. Rudolph & Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, p. 103 .