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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: "W JOHNSTON, PURSER. ASSAYE S.F". (Steam Frigate).
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0105 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Anglo–Persian War, 1856-1857 |
| Vessels: | Assaye (1854) |
| Date made: | 1857 |
| People: | Johnston, William |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |