Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's 70th birthday, 1889

Medal commemorating Queen Victoria's 70th birthday, 1889. Obverse: Bust of Queen Victoria crowned and veiled with orders (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN EMPRESS OF INDIA'. Reverse: Britannia seated on a lion lying on a wharf, St Paul's cathedral (left); starboard bow view of an ironclad with sails set (right). Inscription: '1889'.

Object Details

ID: MEC2400
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lauer, L. C.
Places: Germany
Events: Naval review Spithead, 1889
Date made: 1889
People: Queen Victoria; Queen Victoria Lauer, L. C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 65 mm