Alexander III. Womans Gymnasias.
Gold prize medal. Signed by A. A. Griliches. 33 mm, 25.8 gr. R3. XF. Diakov 909.9.

Obverse with the right-facing bust of Maria Fyodorovna wearing her coronation dress and the inscription ГОСУДАРЫНЯ ИМПЕРАТРИЦА МАРIЯ ΘЕОДОРОВНА (Sovereign Empress Maria Fyodorovna).
Reverse with the inscription ЗА БЛАГОНРАВIЕ И УСПѢХИ ВЪ НАУКАХЪ (for good behavior and success in sciences). In exergue the signiature A. A. Г. oof the engraver Abraham Avenirovich Griliches (1852-1912).

The creation of the women’s gymnasiums was initiated by the Department of Institutions of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna - the Mariinsky Society, after which the gymnasiums were named.

Lit: Diakov6, 43-46.