Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom Hold with two small bronze crosses

with two small bronze crosses affixed above on the right side (front of the cap)

the opposite side featuring a transparent celluloid folder displaying the award document

on a double loop for suspension - marked “VM” for “Vincent Mayer”

at which point he was posted to the 12th Reserve Battalion

Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom Hold with two small bronze crossesConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of Tsar Alexander II in the regalia of a medieval Russian warrior, his arms around a nobleman and peasant who are shaking hands, situated against a backdrop featuring agricultural imagery, topped by a date of 19 FEBRUARY 1861 in Cyrcillic, the reverse bearing a central raised Russian Orthodox cross overlaying a radiant background, circumscribed by a Cyrillic prayer, the obverse