Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The Treaty Of Nystad Newly Listed 23112 Flying Officer Frederick John

23112 Flying Officer Frederick John Sydney Guppy (Navigator)

Shorncliffe (dated January 30

without magnetic plate

after serving four years and 251 days

A first war veteran’s medal bar with five medals

Russia, Imperial. A Commemorative Medal For The Treaty Of Nystad Newly Listed 23112 Flying Officer Frederick JohnConstructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central depiction of Noahs Ark at sea, situated below a dove symbolizing peace, in turn surrounded by a rainbow linking Stockholm and St. Petersburg, above a Russian Cyrillic inscription praising the peace now linking Sweden and Russia in 1721, the reverse bearing a Cyrillic inscription dedicated to Tsar Peter I (the Great) for leading Russia to a victorious outcome in the Great Northern War of 1700