Description: Up for bidding the original A Russian Imperial Bronze Table Medal Commemorating the Imperial Train Disaster at Borki, designed by Avraam Avenirovich Grilikhes (1849-1912), 1888. The Borki train disaster occurred on October 29, 1888, near Borki station in the former Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine), 295 kilometers south of Kursk, when the imperial train carrying Tsar Alexander III of Russia and his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg derailed at high speed. Twenty-one people died at the scene and two later, and many others were injured. According to the official version of events, Alexander held the collapsed roof of the royal car on his shoulders while his family escaped the crash site uninjured. Circular, the obverse depicting the imperial family above the inscription in Old Slavonic Cyrillic script reading: In Memory of the Miraculous Rescue of the Imperial Family 17 October 1888 ), the reverse with Psalm 91:11 in Russian: For He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways above an angel and kneeling figure of Mother Russia, the truncation signed in Cyrillic Grilikhes-Son, and with a detailed scene of the train disaster in the lower quadrant. Diameter 3 1/2 inches (89 mm). The medal is 90 mm in diameter, 8 mm thick, made of bronze and it weights 350 gramm. It comes with the storage box. Condition of the medal is as captured in high resolution photos. Photos represent the actual item for sale. Please review carefully as photos are part of the item description. Please ask any question pertaining to this item. Shipping and handling fee $10.00 to any destination within continental USA ($25.00 to Canada; $30.00 to any country in Europe and South America; $32.00 to Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan). Attention to international buyers: the shipping fees are substantial higher for this item since it would have to be shipped by Priority Mail. Payment by PayPal. Serious bidders only. Payment is expected within 3 days of the end of this auction. Thank you for bidding and good luck.
Price: 499.99 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-02-22T13:17:53.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
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