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Medal commemorating the SS 'Leviathan'
Medal commemorating the SS 'Leviathan'. Obverse: Conjoined busts of Queen Victoria (left) crowned, in a low dress, hair braided under ears and of the Prince Consort in uniform. Legend: 'H. M. G. M. QUEEN VICTORIA AND H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT'. Below: A rose. Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the 'Leviathan' under steam. Legend (in three lines): 'THE "LEVIATHAN" STEAMSHIP SCREW PADDLE AND SAIL FOUR DECKS. WOULD ACCOMMODATE 10,000 TROOPS.' Exergue: '695 FT LONG. 118 FT. WIDE. HEIGHT OF HULL 60FT. 22,500 TONS BURDEN. 2,600 HORSE POWER.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1357 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Allen & Moore; Moore, John |
| Vessels: | Great Eastern (1858); Leviathan (1858) |
| Date made: | circa 1856 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 39 mm |