Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1848

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (left). 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, 'J.S.DOWELL SH COPRL 1ST CL. H.M.S. MINOTAUR".

Object details

ID: MED0045
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Long service award
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, William
Vessels: Minotaur (1816)
Date made: 1848
People: Dowell, John Samuel
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm