Medals "For Life Saving" made by Dmitry Kuchkin factory/Медали "За спасение погибавших" производства фабрики Дмитрия Кучкина

About Dmitry Kuchkin factory https://asiamedals.info/threads/med...proizvodstva-fabriki-dmitrija-kuchkina.26560/

Medal was awarded to an individual who "risked their own life to save another". If a recipient already has been awarded the medal but does another deed to save another life they may receive a bow to the ribbon. The obverse inscription translates to "By the Grace of God Nicholas I Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia" and the reverse translates to "За спасение погибавших/For Life Saving".​

Silver medals.

Size 28 mm.

Marked with Moscow district assay office silver hallmark in an oval shield [delta, female head in a kokoshnik, to the right, 84] from 1908+ time period and maker's mark "ДК/DK" for Дмитрий Кучкин/Dmitry Kuchkinin.

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Size 28 mm.

Marked with Moscow district assay office silver hallmark in an oval shield [delta, female head in a kokoshnik, to the right, 84] from 1908+ time period and maker's mark "ДК/DK" for Дмитрий Кучкин/Dmitry Kuchkinin.

"За спасение погибавших/For Life Saving" was engraved. Most likely originally it was a medal "For Zeal/За усердие" polished https://asiamedals.info/threads/med...proizvodstva-fabriki-dmitrija-kuchkina.26562/

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"White metal" medals.

Size 28.1.
Weight 9.86.

Unmarked.

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Another example (with traces of butcherly probing for silver).

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Medal For Life Saving made by  Dmitry Kuchkin factory.jpg
 
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