Copy of the Admiralty letter about the instituting of the general service medal by Queen Victoria.

Copy of the Admiralty letter about the instituting of the general service medal by Queen Victoria, 1847.

ID:	ADL/P/1
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1847-01-01 - ?; 1847
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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Copy of the Admiralty letter about the instituting of the general service medal by Queen Victoria.

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