The obverse of this handsome (but unsigned) medal shows conjoint head-and-shoulders portraits of the bridal pair facing left. The Tsar is in military uniform, with several Orders, including the Collar of the Order of St Andrew. His bride wears a dress with a wide frill round the deep neckline, which leaves room on her neck to display five strands of pearls. Both are bare-headed. The legend round the edge reads: 'ВЪПАМЯТЬ ЬРАКОСОЦЕ ТАНІЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА НИКОЛАЯ.II.СЪПРИНЦЕССОИ АЛИСОИ ГЕССЕНСКОИ' ([3 words, translation please] Emperor Nicolas II [to] Princess Alix of Hesse[?]) with the date '14 НОЯБРЯ 1894' (14 November 1894) to their left. This date is according to the Julian Calendar, twelve days behind the rest of Europe (where the date was recorded as 26 November), since Russia did not adopt the Gregorian Calendar until the twentieth century.  On the reverse there is a detailed view of the marriage ceremony, which was taking place in the tragic circumstances that Nicolas' father, Tsar Alexander III, had died less than a month before.