Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Hon East India Co.) 1848

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: VICTORIA REGINA. Reverse: a laurel wreath, the royal crown above, a foul anchor below, inscription within: "FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT". Suspended from a cusped bar and crimson ribbon. These medals were struck for the Company's Navy but were never issued. A few were issued to the army. Inscribed on edge, "Private Edward O'Donnell 1st Euro: Bengal Frs 28th March 1860".

Object Details

ID: MED0048
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William
Date made: 1848
People: O'Donnell, Edward (Private)
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm