1809 "For the Crossing to the Swedish Shore" Russian silver Imperial medal, Alexander II Alexander II; Diameter: 29 mm; Weight: 11.32 g; The "For the Crossing to the Swedish Shore" medal, or "For the Crossing of the Gulf of Bothnia,"[2] was a medal of the Russian Empire awarded to soldiers who participated in the crossing to Sweden across the ice of the Gulf of Bothnia during the Russo-Swedish War (1808-180