Crimea War Medal 1854

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Below "1854". Reverse: Victory flying (R) crowning with a laurel wreath a Roman soldier standing (L) with shield and short sword. Inscr. (rev.) "CRIMEA" (vertical, L) suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: "INKERMANN"; "SEBASTOPOL" Inscription on edge: "J. WARE, ORDY. H.M.S. QUEEN".

Object Details

ID: MED0063
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin
Events: Crimean War: Siege of Sebastopol,1854-1855; Crimean War: Battle of Inkerman, 1854
Vessels: Queen (1839)
Date made: 1854
People: Ware, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm