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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2163 |
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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 |
| Date made: | 1855 |
| People: | Bedford, Frederick George Denham |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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