Russia Medal Declaration of War on Turkey 1828
Diakov# 470.1, 38mm, Declaration of War on Turkey, medal by H. Gube for Loos, bust of Nicholas right / Tsar as crusading knight presented with sword by the personification of Russia, thick planchet, several spots, nice chocolate brown luster, About Unc. The Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 was sparked by the Greek War of Independence. War broke out after the Sultan, incensed by the Russian participation in the Battle of Navarino, closed the Dardanelles for Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention.