India General Service Medal 1854-95

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Winged Victory standing (L) crowning with a wreath a seated warrior (R). Suspended from a cusped bar and ribbon of three scarlet and two blue stripes. Bar: "BURMA 1885-7". Inscr. on edge "J.T.DOWELL A.B. BACHANTE".

Object Details

ID: MED0058
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Second Burmese War, 1852-1853
Vessels: Bacchante (1876)
People: Dowell, J. T.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm