Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria (left), laureate within a ring and a pearl border. Legend (inner): 'VICTORIA D.G. BRIT. REG. F.D.' Legend: 'VISIT OF THE FLEET SUNDERLAND SEPT 1874'. Reverse: HMS 'Devastation'. Below: 'DEVASTATION'. Legend: 'VISIT OF THE FLEET SUNDERLAND 1874'.

Object Details

ID: SEC0921
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Devastation (1871)
Date made: 1874
People: Queen Victoria; Royal Navy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 3 mm x 30 mm
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