India General Service Medal 1854-95

Awarded to Thomas Barnardiston. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Winged Victory standing (L) crowning with a wreath a seated warrior (R). Suspended from a cusped bar and ribbon of three scarlet and two blue stripes. Bar: "PEGU". Inscr. on edge, "THOS. BARNARDISTON. ACTG. MATE "WINCHESTER"". Mounted on a bar with two others.

Object Details

ID: MED2341
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Second Burmese War, 1852-1853
People: Barnardiston, Thomas
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm
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