Peter I. Peace of Nystad, 30 August 1721.
Silver award medal. Unsigned. 41 mm. 27,04 gr. R2. Some dark spots, F/VF. Barac 44; Diakov 57.09-14; Spassky 56; Iversen LII; Werlich 45D.

Obverse with the ark of Noah on the sea between the two cities СТ · ПИТЕРЬБɤРХ (St-Petersburg) and СТОКТОЛЬМ (Stockholm). A dove with olive branch flies above the ark. The two cities are
Connected by a rainbow bearing the inscription СОЮЗОМЪ + МИРА СВЯЗɤЕМН (united by peace
alliance). The four-line inscription in exergue:

ВЪНЕИСТАТѢ
ПОПОТОПѢ СЕВЕРЪНЬІѦ
ВОИНЫ
1721
(In Nystadt after the torrent of the Northern War 1721).

Reverse bears a 13-line inscription:

В·И·Б·Щ
ЃДРЮ
ПЕШРɤ · І ·
ИМѦНЕМЪ И ДѢЛАМИ
ВЕЛИКОМɤ
РОСИСКОМɤ ИМПЕРАTОРɤ ·
И ОШЦɤ ·
ПО ДВАДЕСѦТОЛѢТНЬІХЪ ТРІУМѲОВЪ
СѢВЕРЪ УМИРИВШЕМɤ ·
СНѦ ИЗЪ СЕРЕБРА ДОМАШНЕГО
МЕДАЛІѦ
УСЕРДНѢІШЕ ПРИНОСІ
ТСѦ
(To Sovereign Peter I in name and deed the great Russian Emperor and father who in two decades of triumph subdued the north this medal struck from silver is respectfully presented. В·И·Б·Щ is an abbreviation of ‘to the great and God fearing’.) Most of the letters on the reverse have been worn away.

The medal was awarded to Russian soldiers after the conclusion of the peace treaty between Russia and Sweden. The treaty was signed on 10 September 1721 (30 August O.S.) in the Swedish town of Nystad (now Uusikaupunki in Finland), which ended the Great Northern War of 1700-1721.

Lit: Barac4, 1446; Diakov1, 190-197; Iversen, 54-56; Massie, 662-663; Soloviev28, 162-181; Spassky, 21; Werlich 30-31.