Lighting and Naphtha Exposition Prize, Jeton, Russia
date: label: date made
content: ca 1888
notes: label: Description
content: This medal was awarded in 1888 by the Imperial Russian Technical Society for an exposition on lighting and naphtha production. Naphtha is a flammable liquid, with properties similar to gasoline, used as a crude oil in Russia.
label: Description
content: Obverse Inscription: ВЪЫСТАВКА ПРЕДМЕТОВЪ ОСВЕЩЕНИЮ И НЕФТЯНОГО ПРОИЗВОДСТВА (Roughly "For exposition of lighting and naphtha production").
label: Description
content: Reverse Inscription: ИМПЕРАТОРСКОЕ РУССКОЕ ТЕХНИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО 1887-1888 ("Imperial Russian Technical Society").
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Russia: Russia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Willis H. du Pont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.263.975
label: catalog number
content: 68.263.975
label: accession number
content: 281689
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
label: Object Name
content: jeton
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.5 mm x 28.5 mm; 1 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in