Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 Hold mounted as worn for button

mounted as worn for button hole wear

the gun shot wounds evident to his back

Instituted 13 December 1918 by by Zakhari Mdivani

showing wear with majority of silvering lost

horizontal pinback with hook attachment

Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 Hold mounted as worn for buttonConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Catherine the Great, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a detailed depiction of a saint clutching a cross beside a kneeling female figure, topped by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (AND YOU SHALL LIVE), with a date of 1763, the obverse marked with initials doe an unidentified maker,