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RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Alexander I, 1801-1825, white metal medal (31.51g), 178x. EF

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RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Alexander I, 1801-1825, white metal medal (31.51g), 178x. EF
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RUSSIAN EMPIRE: Alexander I, 1801-1825, white metal medal (31.51g), 178x, cf. Diakov-264/129.6 mule, 52mm medal by Leberecht, bare head right, signed C. Leberecht F. below bust // bearded, robed man standing facing holding a laurel wreath in one hand and laurel and palm branches in the other, with Ionic column, and artist's palette and rushes below, HA initials below, overturned bust at his left foot, legend above " To the Worthy", light bends and nicks, EF. Carl Alexander von Leberecht was born in 1755 in Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. He was a German medalist and teacher. Born into the family of Alexander von Leberecht, he lived in Russia from the mid-1770s. He was a medalist at the St Petersburg Mint from 1778, and was awarded Russian citizenship in 1794. He was the Principal medalist of the St Petersburg Mint beginning in 1799 and honorary fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he headed the medallion class. He designed more than fifty medallions and several coins. He died in St Petersburg in 1827.