Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-8
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Britannia in a helmet, a shield in her left and a wreath in her right hand. Legend: "INDIA". Exergue: "1857-1858". Suspended from a cusped bar by a white ribbon with two scarlet stripes. Inscription on edge: "ALEXR. HEWSTON, LEADG SEAMAN, SHANNON".
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Object Details
ID: | MED0108 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | War medal |
Display location: | Display - Traders Gallery |
Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles |
Events: | Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858 |
Vessels: | Shannon (1855) |
Date made: | 1857 |
Exhibition: | Traders: The East India Company and Asia |
People: | Hewston, Alexander, Leading Seam |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 36 mm |