Baltic Medal 1854-5

Awarded to Captain William Henry Fawckner (1829-1914). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: Britannia in a helmet holding an upright trident seated on a block ornamented with a naval gun and trophy, Russian forts of Bomarsund and Sveaborg in the distance on either side. Legend: 'BALTIC'. Exergue: '1854-1855'. the medal is suspended from a replacement bar and yellow ribbon edged with blue, fitted with a buckle-brooch pin. Mounted on a bar with four others, in a fitted wooden box.

Object Details

ID: MED2253
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Crimean War, 1854-1856
Date made: 1855
People: Fawckner, William Henry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm
Parts: Baltic Medal 1854-5
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