Russia, Imperial. An 1898 Table Medal For The St. Petersburg Exhibition Of Handicrafts Auction Archive 4 cm) shows the celebration

4 cm) shows the celebration of the homecoming from the 100th journey of Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) ship “Der Deutsche”

After a long period of hospitalization

A Gold cross with white enameled arms

Footnote: Robert Josiah Zwicker was born Lunenburg Nova Scotia in 1884 and enlisting in the CEF in Septmeber 1915

He was placed for Garrison Duty at Shoreham Depot on October 15th and saw service with the Canadian Army Service Corps from November 8 to December 7

Russia, Imperial. An 1898 Table Medal For The St. Petersburg Exhibition Of Handicrafts Auction Archive 4 cm) shows the celebrationConstructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central wreathed Geneva Cross, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was issued to participants in the 1898 St. Petersburg Exhibitions of Artisans and Craftsmen, the reverse bearing raised rectangular plaques overlaid by detailed scenes of St. Petersburg, topped by the citys coat of arms and flanked by a laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 50. 36 mm in diameter,