Imperial Russian Medal – For Virtue and Success in the Sciences, Women’s Gymnasium B19

reproduction of the Russian Empire medal “For Virtue and Success in the Sciences”, awarded to students of women’s gymnasiums under the Ministry of Public Education.

• Issued by the St. Petersburg Mint in the early 1870s.
• Medalists: P.A. Meshcheryakov (obverse) and V.V. Nikonov (reverse).
• Known as the medal of the Mariinsky School.
• Original medals were struck in silver (~58 g, 50.9 mm).
• Referenced in Iversen (Medals of Alexander II), Smirnov #718/a, Dyakov #670.4-6 (R1).