Medal "For the Capture of Mitava"

“For the capture of Mitau ” - a medal made in honor of the Siege of Mitau . In the work of A. S. Pushkin it is mentioned that "a medal was taken out to capture Mitau ..." . ^{[1] [2]} Other sources say that the medal was minted at the Moscow Mint from silver and had a diameter of 45 mm. The author is F. G. Muller. ^[3] On the front side of the coin is a portrait of Peter I. Around the medal there is an inscription: “PETRVS ALEXII FIL. DG RVSS. IMP M. DVX MOSCOVIAE. ”(“ Peter, son of Alexei, Lord of God of Russia, Lord, Grand Duke of Muscovy ”) . The siege of Mitava is shown on the back, there is an inscription: “CVRAT CONTENDERE MARTE. VIRG. ”(“ Takes care to start a war. Virgil ”). The chronogram is “1705”. In a sawn-off shotgun: "MITTAVIVM EXPVG / 4.SEPT.SV" . ^{[4] The} medal was established in 1705.