Medal for the campaigns in Persia

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Obverse of the medal

The medal for the Persian campaign was a Russian medal for bravery and honored the fighters of the Persian campaign from 1826 to 1828 . The award for the participants in the last Russo-Persian war was donated by Emperor Nicholas I on March 15, 1828.

Order decoration

The silver medal decoration was a medal on the one side the eye of God revealed and two laurel branches. The years 1826, 1827 and 1828 were arranged between the branches. The other side of the decoration had the motto of the order "For the Persian War". All inscriptions in Cyrillic script.

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Ribbon and way of wearing

The decoration was worn on the "half Gerorgen and half Vladimir band".

literature

  • Joseph von Niedermayr: About rewards in the state; with an overview of the orders of merit, decorations and medals of the states of Europe, and their statutes. Fleischmann, Munich 1836, p. 208 .