Medal for the Pacification of the State
Лицевая и оборотная стороны. 1718
- Silver. D-46. Total weight: 44.79 g.
- Мед.А-319
The meaning of this medal and its companion medal was already unclear a few years after the death of Peter the Great. The inventory of files, sums of money, and possessions that were kept in the Chamber (1727–1729) contains a list of medals, which reads: “Two silver medals with the head of His Majesty on one side; on the other side of the first medal, there is a mountain under a crown, on the other side of the second medal, there is an eagle looking at the sun. The items were produced in Moscow and were given to His Majesty in a black leather case upholstered with sky-blue damask fabric.” Evgenia Shchukina suggested that these medals are related to the beginning and the end of the trial of Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich.