Nicholas II. Memory of Emperor Nicholas I to former pupils of military educational institutions (1897).
Light bronze award medal. Unsigned. Integrated loop. 28 mm. 14,9 gr. R2. A.XF. Barac 615; Diakov 1270.1.

Obverse with the right-facing busts of Nicholas I with the inscription НИКОЛАЙ I ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОД. ВСЕРОСС. (Nicholas I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia).
Reverse with the two-line legend B.У.З. ВЬ ПАМЯТЬ (Military Educational Institutions. In memory),
circumscribed with the inscription ВОСПТАННИКАМЪ О НЕЗАБВЕННОМЪ БЛАГОДѢТЕЛѢ
(to pupils of Military Educational Institutions of the unforgettable benefactor).

This medal was instituted on 29 October 1896 and awarded to former pupils of military educational
institutions, which existed on the day Nicholas I died. More than 4000 light bornze medals were made.

Lit: Barac, 1492; Diakov7, 156.