Diameter 41 mm, weight 48,6 g.
Diakov 642.1 (R 2). Versions in gold are rare.
Scratch marks, Box not original
Immanuel Nobel dy (1801-1872)
thence by decent within the Nobel family
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).
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