Baltic Medal 1854-5

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". 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". Suspended from a cusped clasp and yellow ribbon edged with blue. Inscribed on edge: "F.G.D.BEDFORD. MIDN." Mounted on a bar with seven other medals.

Object Details

ID: MED2163
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Crimean War, 1854-1856
Date made: 1855
People: Bedford, Frederick George Denham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm