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Crimea War Medal 1854
Awarded to Captain William Henry Fawckner (1829-1914). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Below '1854'. Reverse: Victory flying (right) crowning with a laurel wreath a Roman soldier standing (left) with shield and short sword. Inscription: 'CRIMEA' (vertical, left). The medal is suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bar: 'SEBASTOPOL' Inscription on edge: 'W.H. FAWKNER RN OCT 17TH 1854'. Mounted on a bar with four others in fitted wooden box.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2251 |
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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: | Fawckner, William Henry |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |