The enamel inscription on the obverse reads:
"24-gun armoured cruiser 1st Class ‘Rossiya’, its construction began in the St. Petersburg Baltic Works and the Mechanical Works Factory of the Maritime Ministry, 20th of May, 1895 in the presence of Their Imperial Majesties the Emperor, the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna and His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke General Admiral".
The reverse engraved with "Vice Admiral Chikhachev, Commander-in-Chief of the Maritime Ministry, Representative of the Pacific Maritime Committee, Vice-Admiral Pilkin, Commander of the port of St. Petersburg, Vice-Admiral Verkhovsky, Representative of the Board of the Factory, Major-General Balk, Inspector of Shipbuilding Samoilov, Acting Chief-Inspector of Shipbuilding, Chief Shipbuilding Engineer of port of St. Petersburg, Senior Shipbuilder Subbotin, Director of the Factory, Senior Shipbuilder Ratnik, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Senior Shipbuilding Engineer Titov".