RUSSIA Medal 1814 - Alexander I - Catherine Visits London PCGS SP63 BN D-383.1-R

RUSSIA

 

 Alexander I, 1801-1825,

 

 Alexander I , Medal. Bronze. 35 mm. By T. Wyon.

 

 On the Visit of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna to England 1814.

 

 Struck to commemorate the visit of Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna to
London in 1814 for the inauguration of the Catherine II hospital.

 

 GRADED PCGS SP63 BN /SPECIMEN

 

 RARE

 

 Diakov 383.1 (R1), Iversen Rare Medals 74, Reichel 3291

 Obverse: Laureate bust of Alexander I right.

 Lettering:

 ALEXANDER RUSSIARUM IMPERATOR.

 T. WYON

 Engraver: Thomas Wyon

 Reverse: Britannis seated, with trident, shield, and laurel branches. Date
below in Roman numerals.

 Lettering:

 OB. ADVENT. M. D. CATHARIN AE. HOSP. GRATISSIM AE

 GAUDENS BRITANNIA

 MDCCCXIV

 

 Engraver: Thomas Wyon.

 Edge:PlainGrand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Екатерина
Павловна; 10 May 1788 – 9 January 1819) was the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I
of Russia and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. She became the Queen of
Württemberg upon her marriage to her first cousin Crown Prince William who
eventually became King William I of Württemberg in 1816.