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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". Inscription on edge: "JOHN BARNES, BOATS:MATE.SERPENT.24YS". Suspended from a bar and dark blue ribbon edged with white. In fitted case of issue.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1345 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Long service award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Vessels: | Serpent 1832 (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| People: | Barnes, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
| Parts: | Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1848 |