Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1848

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Within a knotted rope starboard broadside view of a ship of the line at anchor. Legend: FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT. Suspended from a bar and dark blue ribbon edged with white. Inscribed on edge, "G.H.JONES, BOSN'S MTE: H.M.S. KINGFISHER".

Object Details

ID: MED0047
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William
Vessels: Kingfisher 1845 (HMS)
Date made: 1848
People: Jones, G. H.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm