the front features a portrait of the emperor in profile surrounded by legend in Russian By the Grace of God Nicholas II Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia, the verso with ribbon-tied palm, oak and laurel branches and an inscription reading for Zeal in Russian, diameter: 51 mm (2 in.), signed on the branch side lower left

LITERATURE
Illustrated in M. E. Diakov, Medals of the Russian Empire: Part Seven 1894-1917, M. Diakov and A. Khramenkov eds., (Russia: 2007), p. 38, ill. 1138.2