+
-
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. Inscription "CRIMEA" (vertical, L) suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bar: "SEBASTOPOL". Inscription on edge: "W.H. VENNING, H.M.S. QUEEN".
For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.
Object Details
| ID: | MED0066 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Vessels: | Queen (1839) |
| Date made: | 1854 |
| People: | Venning, William Huyt |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |