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: Inscribed "CRIMEA" (vertical, L). Inscription on edge: "C.A.WILLS.C.A. H.M.S. AGAMEMNON".Suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bars: .1 "SEBASTOPOL"; .2 "AZOFF" unattached and in their original boxes of issue.

Object Details

ID: MED1430
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; Crimean War: Campaign in Sea of Azov, 1855
Vessels: Agamemnon (1852)
Date made: 1854
People: Wills, Charles Augustus
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm
Parts: Crimea War Medal 1854