Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Lokomotiven Werkstatt (national locomotive workshop)

Lokomotiven Werkstatt (national locomotive workshop) in Gleiwitz (modern day Gliwice

Rare complete grouping to Pour-le-Merite Winner

and finally surrendered to American forces in Austria at the end of the war

obverse bearing silver-grey

1982 and awarded for particularly honourable service rendered by military personnel for their participation in operational activities

Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Lokomotiven Werkstatt (national locomotive workshop)Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Nicolas I executed in high relief, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Apollo, resting his hand on a lyre and holding a laurel wreath over busts of Tsar Alexander I and Empress Catherine II ("the Great"), flanked by symbols of war, music, and the arts, circumscribed by an inscription of 1783 1818 (FOUNDED 1783 GRATEFULLY