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Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840
Obverse: The head of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem and with hair tied in a knot. Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA 1848'. On the truncation: 'W. WYON R.A.' Reverse: Britannia seated on a sea horse, a trident in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. Exergue: 'W.WYON R.A.' Inscription on the edge: 'THOS. GROUBE'. Inscription on the bar: 'INDEFATIGABLE 20 APRIL 1796', 'INDEFATIGABLE 13 JANY 1797'. The medal is suspended by a plain silver clasp from a white ribbon edged with blue.
There are only eight known examples for each of the clasps on Groube's Naval General Service Medal.
There are only eight known examples for each of the clasps on Groube's Naval General Service Medal.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0755 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, William |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Virginie, 1796; French Revolutionary Wars: Destruction of Droits de l'Homme, 1797 |
| Vessels: | Virginie fl.1796 [French navy]; Indefatigable (1784) |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| People: | Queen Victoria; Groube, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |