But the medal was not awarded to the soldiers at that time, as the Bourbon Restoration began, and Alexander I considered it inhumane to start awarding a medal that would remind France of the recent defeat of its capital.

Only 12 years later, the medal was distributed to the participants of the 1814 campaign at the behest of the new Emperor Nicholas I, who “on the eve of the anniversary of the Russian entry into Paris, on March 18, 1826, ordered the medal to be consecrated on the tomb of his brother (Alexander I).”

The issuance of the medal began on March 19, 1826 and lasted until May 1, 1832. Therefore, in the portraits of the heroes of the war with Napoleon Bonaparte, painted before 1826, this medal is not depicted among other awards.

This medal was worn on the chest on the first introduced combined St. Andrew-St. George ribbon. Its width was typical of chest ribbons — 28 millimeters, but it seemed to consist of narrow, interconnected ribbons of two orders — the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called and the Order of St. George the Victorious.