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Military General Service Medal, 1793-1814
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA 1848". Reverse: Her Majesty, crowned and robed (L), standing on a platform, decorated with a lion couchant, placing a wreath on the head of the Duke of Wellington (R), kneeling, robed a Field Marshal's baton in his right hand. Legend: "TO THE BRITISH ARMY". Exergue: "1793-1814". Fitted with a bar and a scarlet ribbon edged with blue. Bar: "MARTINIQUE". Inscribed on edge,"T. BURDWOOD LIEUT R.N."
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0037 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Capture of Martinique, 1809 |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| People: | Burdwood, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |