A Rare Medal To Commanders Of The Kexholm Hold It displays a nice texture

It displays a nice texture in the cotton and wool

Blake (Cruiser

marked 925 along with hallmark of maker Meybauer on reverse

attained an Emergency Commission in the Land Forces

Footnote: Charles Emile Martin

A Rare Medal To Commanders Of The Kexholm Hold It displays a nice textureA Rare Medal To Commanders of the Kexholm Regiment from the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, 1898. Bronze, 35 mm. See Sm 1149. Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph in a full military right Seven line legend. Of the greatest rarity and one of the few known. About 30 of those medals were awarded in bronze. The offered medal in bronze is much scarcer that similar in silver.