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Baltic Medal 1854-5
Awarded to Herbert R Holmes, Midshipman, HMS Neptune from 7 March 1854 to 12 April 1855, HMS Cornwallis from 13 april 1855 to 18 September 1856.
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Britannia in a helmet holding an upright trident seated on a block ornamented with a naval gun and trophy, Russian forts of Bomarsund and Sveaborg in the distance on either side. Legend: "BALTIC". Exergue: "1854-1855". Inscribed on edge: "HERBERT R. HOLMES, MIDSHN. H.M.S. NEPTUNE 1854. H.M.S.CORNWALLIS 1855". Suspended from a bar and yellow ribbon edged with blue.
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Britannia in a helmet holding an upright trident seated on a block ornamented with a naval gun and trophy, Russian forts of Bomarsund and Sveaborg in the distance on either side. Legend: "BALTIC". Exergue: "1854-1855". Inscribed on edge: "HERBERT R. HOLMES, MIDSHN. H.M.S. NEPTUNE 1854. H.M.S.CORNWALLIS 1855". Suspended from a bar and yellow ribbon edged with blue.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1522 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856; Crimean War: Baltic Campaign, 1854-1855 |
| Date made: | 1855 |
| People: | Holmes, Herbert Rivington |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |