Medal For Zeal Archive Mobilised with the 3rd Battalion

Mobilised with the 3rd Battalion on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914

35 Years (silver

on mini bow ribbon

especially after the invasion of the Peloponnese in 1825 by Ottoman vassal Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt and the atrocities committed by his forces against the indigenous population

Medal For Zeal Archive Mobilised with the 3rd BattalionMedal for Zeal Silver Grade, Tsar Nicholas II Silver, crisp detail, 30. 2 mm, missing its suspension, contact marks, near very fine. Footnote: The medal was first instituted in December 1801 during the reign of Tsar Alexander I. After the death of Tsar Alexander III, the medal was re designed and issued around 1894 bearing the semblence of the new sovereign, Tsar Nicholas II. It was awarded to civilians that had shown exceptional zeal in the trade,