India General Service Medal 1854-95

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a small diadem, (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Victory (L) crowns, a seated warrior (R) with a wreath. Suspended from a cusped bar by a crimson ribbon with two blue stripes. Bar: "PERSIA". Inscription on edge: "LIEUT. T.S.H. TWYNAM. I.N.".

Object Details

ID: MED0104
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Anglo–Persian War, 1856-1857
Date made: 1857
People: Twynam, T. S. H.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm