Catherine II. For Bravery on Ochakov Waters, June 1788.
Silver award medal. Signed Т. Ivanov. 39mm, 22,8 gr. R2. A small hole has been drilled to make the medal wearable. VF. Barac 57; Diakov 209.1.

Obverse with a crowned and laureate bust of Catherine II with the inscription Б∙М∙ЕКАТЕРИНА∙II∙ІМП∙ИСАМОД∙ВСЕРОСС∙ (by God’s grace Catherine II Empress and autocrat of all Russia). Beneath the mantle the initials T. I. for the engraver T. Ivanov.
Reverse with a five-lined inscription:

ЗА
ХРАБРОСТЬ
НА ВОДАХЪ
ОЧАКВСКИЪ
ІЮНЯ 1788
(for bravery on Ochakov waters, June 1788).

This medal was instituted in 1788 to commemorate several victorious naval battles between 7–18 June 1788 in the lagoons surrounding the Turkish fortress of Ochakov during the Russo-Turkish War of
1787-1791. The fort was situated on the western side of the rivers Bug and Dnieper (modern-day Ochakiv east of Odessa).

Lit: Barac4, 1449; Diakov2, 209; Werlich 33.