Medal - F.P. Litke Russian Geographic Society

Obverse

Bust of Friedrich von Lütke, surrounding legend.

Lettering:
РУССКОЕ ГЕОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО
Ф.П. ЛИТКЕ

Translation:
Russian Geographic Society
F.P. Litke

Engraver: Grigoriy Nikolaevich Postnikov

Reverse

Lettering:
РУССКОЕ ГЕОГРАФИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО
УЧРЕЖДЕНО
В
С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ
ПОВЕЛЕНИЕМ
ИМПЕРАТОРА
НИКОЛАЯ I
6 АВГУСТА
1845 ГОДА
Г. Постников

Translation:
Russian Geographic Society
ESTABLISHED IN ST. PETERSBURG BY THE DECREE OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS I AUGUST 6, 1845
G. Postnikov

Engraver: Grigoriy Nikolaevich Postnikov

Edge

Plain

Comments

Count Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke was a German Baltic navigator, geographer and explorer, subject of the Russian Empire, born on September 17, 1797 and died on August 8, 1882. He became an admiral in 1855 and a count in 1866 (Source: www.wikipedia.org).

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Le comte Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke est un navigateur, géographe et explorateur allemand de la Baltique, sujet de l'Empire russe, né le 17 septembre 1797 et décédé le 8 août 1882. Il devint amiral en 1855 et comte en 1866. (Source : www.wikipedia.org)

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• Education
• Explorer
• Mustache/Beard
• Science

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