1900 Russian Weightlifting Medal

Posted on Saturday, July 13th, 2013 by John Wood

1900 Russian Weightlifting Medal

A Look at a pretty nifty Russian weightlifting medal from 1900 or so roughly double actual size. Many of the old postcards of Russian strongmen and wrestlers show them proudly displaying medals such as this one on their chests ~ and rightly so.
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