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Crimea War Medal 1854
Awarded to John Harrison VC. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Below "1854". Reverse: Victory flying (R) crowning with a laurel wreath a Roman soldier standing (L) with shield and short sword. Inscr. (rev.) "CRIMEA" (vertical, L) suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: "SEBASTOPOL"; "AZOFF" Inscription on edge: "JOHN HARRISON".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2083 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Benjamin; Wyon, William |
| Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856 |
| Date made: | 1854 |
| People: | Harrison, Boatswain's Mate John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |