Crimea War Medal 1854
Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford. 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. Bar: "SEBASTOPOL". Inscription on edge: "F.G.C.BEDFORD.N.C. & MIDN." Mounted on a bar with seven other medals.
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Object Details
ID: | MED2162 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | War medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin |
Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856 |
Date made: | 1854 |
People: | Bedford, Frederick George Denham |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 36 mm |