Baltic Medal 1854-5

Awarded to Thomas Barnardiston. 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 replacement bar and yellow ribbon edged with blue. Inscribed on edge: "THOS. BARNARDISTON LIEUT. R.N. IN ARROGANT & DUKE OF WELLINGTON". Mounted on a bar with two others.

Object Details

ID: MED2342
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Crimean War, 1854-1856; Crimean War: Baltic Campaign, 1854-1855
Date made: 1855
People: Barnardiston, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm