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Baltic Medal 1854-5
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Britannia in a helmet holding an upright trident seated on a block ornamented with a naval gun and trophy, Russian forts of Bomarsund and Sveaborg in the distance on either side. Legend: (rev.) Baltic. Exergue (rev). "1854-1855." Suspended from a cusped bar and yellow ribbon edged with blue. Inscribed on edge: "258 Co.GEo. CARPENTER R.M.".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0096 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Crimean War, 1854-1856; Crimean War: Baltic Campaign, 1854-1855 |
| Date made: | 1855 |
| People: | Carpenter, George |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |