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. Inscrription "CRIMEA" (vertical, L) Suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: "SEBASTOPOL", "BALAKLAVA". Uninscribed: Awarded to E.F.Pritchard, R.M.

Object Details

ID: MED0074
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin
Events: Crimean War: Battle of Balaklava, 1854; Crimean War: Siege of Sebastopol,1854-1855
Date made: 1854
People: Pritchard, Edward Fitzgerald
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection
Measurements: 36 mm