Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: Head of Oscar I. Legend: 'OSCAR SVERIGES NORR . GOTH . OCH VEND . KONUNG.' Reverse: Port-quarter view of the 'Eugenie'. Legend: 'FREGATTEN EUGENIES JORDOMSEGLING' (Circumnavigation of the globe by the frigate 'Eugenie'). Exergue: 'UNDER C.A. VIRGINS BEFAL'

Object Details

ID: SEC1379
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Eugenie fl.1851
Date made: 1851-3
People: Bernadotte, Joseph François Oscar; Virgin, Christian Adolf
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 5 mm x 32 mm