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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'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2400 |
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| 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 |
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