Medal For Zeal Newly Listed DIED IN HIS COUNTRY

DIED IN HIS COUNTRY

and Purple Heart (bronze gilt and enamels

53003 refers)

Standart stated that "The Japs concentrated on us

75 mm x 101 mm)

Medal For Zeal Newly Listed DIED IN HIS COUNTRYMedal for Zeal Silver Grade, Tsar Nicholas II Silver, crisp detail, 30. 2 mm, missing its suspension, contact marks, near very fine. Footnote: The medal was first instituted in December 1801 during the reign of Tsar Alexander I. After the death of Tsar Alexander III, the medal was re designed and issued around 1894 bearing the semblence of the new sovereign, Tsar Nicholas II. It was awarded to civilians that had shown exceptional zeal in the trade,