Gold medal, on the occasion of the peace treaty of Adrianopel which ended the Russo-Turkish war 1828-1829.
NICOLAUS I TOTIUS RUSSIAE IMPE RATOR, laureate head right, signature below: G. LOOS DIR. H. GUBE FEC. Rv: PAX DATA TURCIS PETENTIBUS, Czar extending olive branch to Sultan Mahmud II., three banners behind, city view of Constantinopel in the background; in exergue: HADRIANOP . D . II SEPT . ST . V . / MDCCCXXIX. Cf. Diakov 487.1, cf. Wurzbach 6834, Forrer Vol. II./p. 333f. 49,74 g, 38 mm.
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Diakov quotes only pieces in silver and bronze. H. Gube was a medallist who first worked in Berlin at the Daniel Friedrich Loos establishment. In 1830 he was appointed to St. Petersburg by Imperial Command to fill the post of chief-engraver and medallist at the mint.
