Léonard Adolphe RIVET (1855-1925) Silver-plated bronze table medal in the PATRIA pattern. Legend - on the circular reverse: "LA SOCIÉTE DES VEUVES ET ORPHELINS DE L'ARMEE FRANCAISE. PARIS 1897" and in the field: "A / Mr A. FRIEDMANN / CHEF DE LA / MUSIQUE / DU RÉGIMENT PREOBRAJENSKY / DES GARDES IMP.LES / RUSSES". Diameter: 4.9 cm Enclosed is a pewter table medal for Nicholas II's visit to Paris in October 1896. Diameter: 3.45 cm Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman (1866-1909) composer, ballet artist and conductor of the Preobrajensky Regiment from 1895. The regiment's orchestra performed in Paris and Rouen in 1897. [Russian art]