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Crimea War Medal 1854
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (LEFT). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Below '1854'. Reverse: Victory flying (right) crowning with a laurel wreath a Roman soldier standing (left) with shield and short sword. Inscription 'CRIMEA' (vertical, left). Suspended from a foliated bar and pale blue ribbon edged with yellow. Bar: 'SEBASTOPOL. Inscription on edge: 'STEPHEN COURT MASTER H.M.S. ODIN'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0069 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Benjamin |
| Events: | Crimean War: Siege of Sebastopol,1854-1855 |
| Vessels: | Odin (1846) |
| Date made: | 1854 |
| People: | Court, Stephen |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |
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