Crimea War Medal 1854
Awarded to Rear Admiral Sherard Osborn (1822-1875). 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. Inscrribed (reverse) 'CRIMEA' (vertical, left) suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: 'AZOFF'; 'SEBASTOPOL'. Uninscribed.
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Object Details
ID: | MED2334 |
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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: | Osborn, Rear Sherard |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |