Crimea War Medal 1854

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Below "1854". Reverse: Victory flying (R) crowning with a laurel wreath a Roman soldier standing (L) with shield and short sword. Inscription "CRIMEA" (vertical, L). Suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: "AZOFF"; "SEBASTOPOL". Uninscribed. Awarded to Cdr. Charles Gerveys Grylls RN. H.M.S.Sans Pareil and H.M.S.Triton.

Object Details

ID: MED1048
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin
Events: Crimean War: Campaign in Sea of Azov, 1855; Crimean War: Siege of Sebastopol,1854-1855
Vessels: Sans Pareil (1851); Triton (1846)
Date made: 1854
People: Grylls, Charles Gerveys
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm