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India General Service Medal 1854-95
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 ribbon of three scarlet and two blue stripes. Bar: "PEGU". Inscripton on edge: 'ARTHUR MELLERSH., COMMR. "RATTLER".
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1065 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Second Burmese War, 1852-1853 |
| Vessels: | Rattler (1843) |
| Date made: | 1852 |
| People: | Mellersh, Arthur |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |