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Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1848
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (L). Legend "VICTORIA REGINA". Reverse: Within a knotted rope starboard broadside view of a ship of the line at anchor. Legend: 'FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT'. Suspended from a bar and dark blue ribbon edged with white. Inscribed on edge, "GEORGE WM BISHOP CHF BANDMASTER H.M.S. GANGES".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0040 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Long service award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Vessels: | Ganges (1821) |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| People: | Bishop, George Wm |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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