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A Russian Alexander II gold medal, by V Alexeev awarded to Immanuel Nobel jr 1853.
A Russian Alexander II gold medal, by V Alexeev awarded to Immanuel Nobel jr 1853.
Diameter 41 mm, weight 48,6 g.
Diakov 642.1 (R 2). Versions in gold are rare.
Scratch marks, Box not original
Provenance
Immanuel Nobel dy (1801-1872)
thence by decent within the Nobel family
Literature
Marta Nobel-Oleinikoff, Ludvig N o hans verk (1952)? sid?
Mikhail E. Diakov, Medals of the Russian Empire, Part 5, 1855-1881, 2006. Ref nr. 642.1 (R 2).
More information
Immanuel Nobel jr was inventor and industrialist. In 1838 he moved to S:t Petersburg where he founded macanical industries which came to have over 1000 employees. In 1853 he was awarded the emperor´s gold medal (the present lot) and was presented at the imperial court. He was the father of Alfred, Ludvig and Robert Nobel