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Baltic Medal 1854-5
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'. 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'. the medal is suspended from a replacement bar and yellow ribbon edged with blue, fitted with a buckle-brooch pin. Mounted on a bar with four others, in a fitted wooden box.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2253 |
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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: | Fawckner, William Henry |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
| Parts: | Baltic Medal 1854-5 |