Alexander I. For Taking of Paris 1814.
Set of two Silver commemorative medals. Unsigned. Integrated loop. Barac 453; Diakov 375.1; Werlich 70.
a) 28 mm. 13,1 gr. R2. XF.
b) 24 mm. 7,9 gr. R2. VF/XF.

Due to the conical surface, the small medal might be a restrike. Both medals have rounded eyelets instead of the more common flat eyelets.
Obverse with a laureate bust of Alexander with the radiant all-seeing eye above.
Reverse with a five-line inscription within a laurel wreath:

ЗA
BЗЯTIE
ПAPИЖA
19 MAPTA
1814.
(for taking of Paris 19 March 1814)

This medal was established on 30 August 1814 and awarded to generals, officers, non-commissioned
officers, and enlisted men who participated during the 1814 campaign in France and who took part in the capture of Paris in March 1814. Despite the creation of this medal in 1814, it was only presented in March 1826, twelve years after the event.

Lit: Barac4 1480; Diakov3, 130; Werlich, 40-41.