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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 154

Russia, Imperial, Cross for the Storming of the Fortress of Izmail, 47mm, silver, a later striking of bazaar manufacture, scarce, polished, nearly very fine, mounted upon a bow and tails of the prescribed riband of the Order of St. George

The Cross and Medal were created, 25.3.1791, to celebrate the storming of the Turkish fortress at Izmail. Field Marshal Potemkin had laid siege to the fortress in the Autumn, after advancing up the Danube. Subsequently, Field Marshal Suvorov took command of all preparations for the storm, which began in the early hours of the 9th December 1790. It was defended by an estimated 35,000 Turks and over 250 guns. After three days of intense combat, the Imperial Russian forces were victorious in taking the fortress.

A gold Cross was awarded to Officers, with a silver Medal being issued to the non-commissioned Officers and enlisted men of the Imperial Forces of Empress Catherine II.

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