Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Russia, Jubilee Badge of the Fortress of Viborg 1910, 52 x 37mm., silver-gilt, silver and enamel, unmarked, screw-backed, ref. A/W 506, lacking crown from apex, slight enamel damage, edge bruise, very fine £120-160

The fortress city of Viborg was located near the border with Finland, at the head of the Gulf of Viborg, off the Gulf of Finland. The city was besieged and captured from the Swedes by Peter the Great in 1710 during the Great Northern War; the badge marked the 200th anniversary of its capture.