Alexander II. General A.A.Barantsov, 50 years of service, 1877.
Bronze commemorative table medal. Signed by L. Steinman and A. Griliches. 73 mm. 161,6 gr. R3. UNC. With original case of issue. Diakov 837.1; Werlich T83.

Obverse with a bust of A. A. Baranstov wearing the uniform of the Russian Guard. artillery. Beneath the bust the signature Л. ШТЕИНМАНЪ Р. (cut by L. Steinman). Leopold Christianovich Steinman was a
German-born medallist. He working at the Mint in St. Petersburg from 1874. Around the edge the
inscription АЛЕКСАНДРЪ АЛЕKCѢЕВИЧЬ БАРАНЦОВЪ (Aleksandr Alekseyevich Barantsov).
Reverse with a five-line inscription:
ВЪ ПАМЯТЬ
ПЯТИДЕСЯТИЛѢТНИХЪ
ТРУДОВЪ НА ПОЛЬЗУ
АРТИЛЛЕРІИ.
1827-1877.
(In memory of fifty years of efforts to the improvement of artillery 1827-1877).

The legend is surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurel leaves. On this wreath are depicted four pieces of field artillery, four pieces of fortification artillery, and two caissons, representing the development of
Russian artillery. Beneath the lower artillery piece is the signature of АВЕНИРЪ ГРИЛИХЕСЪ of the
engraver Avenir Griliches (1849-1905).

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Barantsov (1810–1882), general-aide-de-camp, general of artillery.
During the Crimean war 1853-1856 he acted as chief of artillery and subsequently as chief of artillery in Finland. From 1863 to 1877 assistant to General Feldzeugmeister, commander of all Russian artillery. Barantsov was responsible for the technical improvement of the artillery materiel, the arrangement of artillery education, and all measures in the artillery organization.

Lit: Diakov5, 217; Werlich, 88.