Crimea War Medal 1854

Awarded to Vice-Adm Sir Noel Stephen Fox Digby (1839-1920). 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. Inscribed (reverse) 'CRIMEA' (vertical, left) suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: 'SEBASTOPOL' Inscription on edge: 'NOEL S.F. DIGBY, H.M.S. BRITANNIA PRESENTED BY HER MAJESTY'. Mounted on a bar with three others.

Object Details

ID: MED2613
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: Digby, Noel Stephen Fox
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm
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