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Auction: 26001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 358

(x) Russia, Imperial, Primorsky Zemsky Sobor 1922 Medal, silver, initials 'P.Sh.' for P. Shulgin by loop, obverse depicting St George slaying the dragon, the reverse with the inscription for the dates 23 July-10 August 1922, with loop for wear, nearly extremely fine

It is understood some 300 silver (for Members of the Zemsky Sobor) and 100 bronze Medals (for employees of the Chancery) were struck under Decree No. 11 of the Zemsky Krai Governor, Lieutenant-General Diterikhs on 16 August 1922. The Zemsky Sobor were the last of the 'White Russians' and formed their Army in the Amur region in the Far East of Russia, between Manchuria and the Sea of Okhotsk. They were finally defeated and wiped from the map by October 1922 and it is understood this is the last Medal struck for Imperial Russia.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240