Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1848

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Within a knotted rope starboard broadside view of a ship of the line at anchor. Legend: "FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT". Inscription on edge: "JAS.THOMPSON, ENG. RM. ARTFR. H.M.S. AMPHION". Ribbon missing.

Object Details

ID: MED1281
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William
Vessels: Amphion (1846)
Date made: 1848
People: Thompson, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm