Elizabeth. Peace with Sweden 7 August 1743.
Silver commemorative medal. Unsigned. 40 mm. 23,6 gr. R1. Minor edge nicks, otherwise VF. Diakov 88.7.

Obverse with a crowned bust of Elizabeth wearing a dress and mantle. Along the edge the inscription Б · М · ЕЛИСАВЕТ · І · ІМПЕРАТ : ІСАМОДЕР : ВСЕРОСС: (by the grace of God Elizabeth Empress and Autocrat of all Russia).
Reverse with two hands protruding out of clouds holding a wreath in which are the arms of Russia,
Sweden, and Denmark. During the Russo-Swedish War, Denmark was allied with Sweden. Below the wreathed arms, a flying ribbon with the – worn off - inscription КРѢПЧАЙШИМЪ СОЮЗОМЪ (forcible Union). Below the ribbon is an image of a bridged river with a wooded shore. In the river the inscription РѢКА КИМИСЪ (Kimys river). This is the modern-day Kymijoki river in Finland. The river was the border between Sweden and Russia from 1743 until 1809. Along the edge of the medal the inscription ВЪ ПАМЯТЬ ЗАКЛЮЧЕННАГО СЪ ШВЕЦЕЮ ВБЧНАГО МИРА ВЪ АБОВѢ 1743 ГО : АВГ : 7 ДНЯ (in memory of the peace concluded with Sweden at Abo, year 1743, August 7). In exergue СІЯ ЕСТ : ГРАНИЦ : МЕЖ : ОБЕ ІХ : ГОСУДАРСТВ : (It is the border between the two countries).

On 18 August 1743 (7 August O.S.), the peace treaty between the Russian Empire and Sweden was
signed in the Swedish town of Åbo, modern-day Turku, Finland. The treaty ended the Russo-Swedish War of 1741-1743 in which the Swedes had tried to regain the territories Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and part of Karelia which were lost during the Great Northern War of 1700-1721.

Lit: Diakov2, 54-57; The Scots Magazine, 329-330; Soloviev37, 105-120.