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. Reverse: Inscription "CRIMEA" (vertical, L) Bar: "SEBASTOPOL". Inscription on edge: "SAML. SIMMONDS. A.B." Suspended from a foliated bar, but with Indian Mutiny medal ribbon, (red and white stripes).

Object Details

ID: MED1373
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin
Events: Crimean War: Siege of Sebastopol,1854-1855
Date made: 1854
People: Simmonds, Samuel; Queen Victoria
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm